Programa de Iniciação Científica no ensino médio e a sua relação com a educação superior

Abstract

This dissertation has the general objective of analyzing the relationship between the Institutional Program of Scientific Initiation Scholarships for Secondary Education (PIBIC- EM) with Higher Education. For that, a case study was carried out at the Federal Institute of Maranhão, campus Buriticupu, where the data of the advisors and graduates of the mentioned program between 2017 and 2021. In addition, interviews were conducted by through semi-structured lobes with the same audience. As an analysis technique and data interpretation makes use of content analysis, following Bardin guidelines (1977) in structuring the stages of analysis. For theoretical research support we used authors such as: Arantes and Peres (2015), Massi and Queiroz (2015), Bazin (1983), Massi and Queiroz (2015), Moraes and Fava (2000) and Oliveira et al. (2015), Sousa; Filipeck et al. (2017), among others. When seeking to fulfill the general objective and the specific objectives, the research arrived as the one that PIBIC-EM contributes so that its graduates want to attend a continuous course, bringing Basic Education closer with Higher Education. It also concluded that the program helps to develop skills in its participating students, such as developing critical thinking and better speaking and writing. Despite its importance, the PIBIC-EM is still little explored in graduate program research.