A presença de estudantes indígenas no IFMS/Campus de Aquidauana

Abstract

This dissertation aims to reflect on the presence of Terena indigenous students in Instituto Federal – Campus Aquidauana/MS. The objectives are to understand and identify the permanence of indigenous students in the following courses offered by IFMS Campus Aquidauana: Ensino Médio Integrado de Edificações and Informática. Therefore, by identifying the motivations and the contexts experienced by the indigenous students for their permanence and completion of courses from the integrated high school system by IFMS/Campus Aquidauana. As for the research methodology, it consists of qualitative bibliographic and quantitative research and the main theoretical contributions were based on Mülling (2018); Cardoso (2004); Luciano (2006, 2017). Regarding the methodological procedures, they were based on bibliographic survey on the social, historical and educational context of the Terena indigenous population. Besides, peculiarities of the integrated high school system offered by IFs as well as questionnaire application and dialogue circles with indigenous students were part of the methodological procedures. Nine out of twenty-seven students enrolled in the high school courses agreed to participate in the research and the answers appear along the text. It was verified that school transportation and interaction among other students are factors that contribute to the coexistence, dialogue and educational journey of indigenous students in IFMS/Campus Aquidauana. On the other hand, it was also verified that the same aforementioned factors may somehow contribute to the dropout of such students.