Um estudo sobre as principais causas da evasão na educação a distância-ead

• Ano de defesa: 2009
• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Conceição Aparecida Nascimento de
• Orientador(a): Freitas Júnior, Antônio de Araújo
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Palavras-chave em Português: Education; DL; educação; EAD; Evasão
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Student drop out
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/10438/6978

This study main interest was to verify the main causes to dropping out from distance courses reported by Brazilian institutions offering them. The study involved literature review and field research. Through the literature review it was possible to note that Brazilian society faces an education quality issue that has been around for a long time. The change from a quantitative to a qualitative way to address this issue through public policies is notable. The study presents distance learning (DL) as a modality of education capable of helping in reduce the issue of quality education offer. The study addresses the appearance, development, and features of DL and how the internet favored the rise of digital communication, and thus increased the search for DL. DL participation in the Brazilian educational process is increasing more and more. However, just as it happens with traditional education, DL faces a number of problems. One of them – the center of this works attention – is the still high rate of students dropping out. By assessing the main causes to this fact, this work concludes that factors such as the quality of the interaction between students and teachers, as well as the acknowledgement about the quality of the courses offered, should be targeted by all public and private institutions that wish to work with this type of teaching.