Processo de afiliação dos estudantes negros da Licenciatura em Biologia da Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia: entre desafios e estrátegias

Abstract

The affiliation process is a fundamental theme to understanding how the university students of popular origin, mostly black, manage to appropriating the codes and rites of academic life, which underlies a condition necessary for success at the top level. From this way of appropriation, they start to have a notion of institutional belonging and to build a clearer idea about its connection with the course and the requirements for the academic, scientific, political and critical development, through the relationships that they establish with the different actors with whom it dialogues, teaches and learns. The aim of this study was to investigate the perceptions of black students enrolled in the Degree in Biology at the Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia (UFRB) about their affiliation process and the challenges they face to remain until completion of the course. Authors such as Coulon (2008), Carraro (2009), Paivadi (2015) and Zago (2006) were the main theoretical references, in addition to others that supported the discussion. The study approach is qualitative in nature descriptive-exploratory type, with autobiographical inspiration, being the instruments of collection: online questionnaire and narrative interview. In relation to data analysis, Bardin's (2011) content analysis methodology was used. You survey results showed that students go through numerous difficulties since entering university, and their main difficulties are and to reconcile his new study routine with other activities. Were pointed out some strategies, such as help from family members and construction of study schedule, to deal with academic and personal demands.