O insucesso e abandono académico na universidade : uma análise sobre os cursos ...

• Author(s): Vasconcelos, Rosa ; Almeida, Leandro S. ; Monteiro, Sílvia
• Date: 2009
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/9412
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Academic insuccess; Drop-out; Teachers; Students; Bolonha
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: Portuguese

Description

National and international literature reveals high rates of failure and drop-outs in higher education. The present study aims to analyse recent data related with failure and drop-out in engineering courses of the Minho University by comparing these with national and international rates. The results show that academic achievement rates are independent of drop-outs rates. On the other hand, students with different characteristics abandon their courses, at different moments and subjects and probably by different reasons. Taking into account several agents - institution, teachers and students - this paper presents a reflection of these results, given requirements of the Bologna Treat concerning learning processes, assessment and pedagogical practices.