D.Ed. (Adult Education) / A Programme for the professional development of Academic staff at Technikon SA. This research has been undertaken against the background of the contribution that the academic staff at Technikon SA can make in lowering the high drop-out rate of students, delivering high level manpower to the community and the effectiveness of this tertiary distance education institution. After an in-depth study of literature study it became evident that: It students dropping out in distance education is a complex matter and a great number of reasons exist why students do not successfully complete their studies: the responsibilities of lecturers have drastically in distance education; the professional role of distance education lecturers is undefined; professional development of Technikon SA academic staff is neglected; and lecturers have certain needs for professional development which must be identified and addressed. The problem addressed in this study has been to probe into the desirability and the nature of a programme for the professional development of Technikon SA lecturers. The objectives of this study are: It the literature exploration of the nature of and reasons for student drop-out and the professional role of distance education lecturers; the empirical identification and analysis of the developmental areas of Technikon SA lecturers; and to design a programme for the professional development of Technikon SA academic staff. The most important findings of this study are the following: Student drop-out rates can probably be reduced if the necessary student supporting structures are created and established within a distance education institution. Technikon SA as a tertiary distance education institution has developed rapidly over the past 14 years with the emphasis on scientific practice, co-operative education and training, technological practice and rendering of service to the community by delivering high level manpower. The professional role of Technikon SA lecturers comprises: teaching, research. community service and managerial tasks, For effective and efficient execution of these tasks, lecturers should have the necessary skills. There is a definite need for professional development amongst academic staff of distance education institutions which should be addressed by the institution. Empirical research. by means of a questionnaire. as to the importance and frequency of appearance of the tasks was launched amongst the full-time lecturers at Technikon SA and revealed that: lecturers regard teaching and managerial tasks as very important. while research and community service were regarded as not important: and more than 96% of programme for the staff in the form programmes. the group favours the design of a professional development of academic of shorter workshops and self study Findings of the empirical research together with the findings of the sources studied. result in the design of a programme for the professional development of academic staff. After taking various developmental conditions and possible restraining factors into consideration, the programme. based on the QDen systems approach, was developed in five phases. The most important conclusions drawn at the completion of this study are as follows: a definite need for the professional development of academic staff in distance education has been detected: job description of Technikon SA lecturers must be defined and outlined: Technikon SA must deliberately strive to create and establish a research cuIture: and a diplomatic approach towards professional development must be adopted in order to overcome resistance to change

The post independence Namibian education system has been characterised by many reform initiatives, aimed at eradicating inequity, poor performance, and inferior education provision inherited from a pre-independence education system. This legacy posed a serious challenge to Namibia when it set out to achieve a national goal, Vision 2030. Vision 2030 inspires Namibia to be among the eveloped countries in 2030. In an attempt to achieve the goals outlined by the mission statement of Vision 2030, the Ministry of Education (MoE) introduced two national education initiatives: the Education and Training Sector Improvement Program (ETSIP), and the National Standards and Performance Indicators (NSPIs). These would be implemented in Namibian schools as, respectively, the Ministry’s strategic plan and its policy document. The NSPIs were introduced to address the fragmentation of standards and inequity in regions and schools in Namibia, as they aimed to standardise the provision of equal, quality education across the country (Namibia. MoE, 2005a, p. 1). The NSPI policy calls for schools to take quality assurance seriously, with particular emphasis on School Self-Evaluation (SSE), a process that encourages self-management (Namibia. MoE, 2007a, p. 3). Thus, the standards set out by the NSPIs became the yardstick by which internal and external school evaluators could assess whole school performance. The purpose of this present study was to investigate the perceptions and experiences of principals in the Ohangwena Region following the implementation of the NSPIs. It is a case study involving two Inspectors of Education (IoEs), twelve principals, and four Heads of Department (HODs). Interviews, document analysis, questionnaires, and a focus group interview were used to collect the data. The study found that principals acknowledge the importance of the NSPIs, and believe that they would succeed in improving the provision of quality education if they were fully implemented. The study found that schools implemented Performance Indicators 5.3 (School Administration) Aspect 5.3.2 (Storage and retrieval of information) in Key Area 5. However, the results of the study also showed that principals experienced many challenges in the implementation of the NSPIs. These included a lack of understanding among principals and teachers of the NSPIs, a lack of understanding of contemporary leadership theories (that would otherwise help principals to implement change effectively), and a lack of support in terms of skills and resources from both the Regional Office in Ohangwena and the MoE itself. The study found that the NSPIs have not yet improved school performance, and consequently that the pass rate remains the same as before the introduction of the NSPIs, four years ago. The SSE, which aims to help schools identify their strengths and weaknesses, and encourages them to establish and make use of a School Development Plan (SDP) to address weaknesses and sustain strengths, is characterised by a high degree of dishonesty. Thus, the information furnished by SSEs, SDPs, and Teachers Self-Evaluations (TSEs) is unreliable, lacks credibility, and has the further ill-effect of skewing schools’ performance targets. Therefore, this problem could be addressed when the rationale of completing the SSE is clearly explained to principals and teachers.

This study explores the relationship between identity and learning, in particular the concepts of ‘belonging’ and ‘becoming’ in respect of professional, vocational education. Adopting a case study approach, the study focuses on the quantity surveying discipline and the degree programme offered by my institution, and one specific cohort on same. As they progressed through their studies, an in-depth exploration of the formation of identity (ies) and the dispositions adopted towards learning was undertaken, involving two key milestones: at Level 1 (first year) when the participants had almost completed their studies, and again at Level 3 (third year) when the participants had returned from their period of professional placement. The conclusions of my study raise a number of issues for professional, vocational education in general, and more specifically, the provision of quantity surveying education within my institution. The outcomes of this investigation highlight three key areas for further attention: the tensions inherent in providing discipline-orientated programmes within a semesterised, modularised, more generic-focused system of delivery; issues surrounding the provision of professional placement opportunities including the emotional aspects of same; and the resultant impacts on dispositions and identity, ‘belonging’ and ‘becoming’.

Orientador: Maria Carolina de Azevedo Ferreira de Sousa / Dissertação (mestrado profissional) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Mecanica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-07T14:34:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Teodoro_AntonioDuarte_M.pdf: 340444 bytes, checksum: 4f030a0e8fff5345c651e8b0da7822e2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2004 / Resumo: Neste trabalho procurou-se desenvolver um estudo que permitisse obter uma visão mais clara e realista sobre o tema competências. Muito se fala sobre o assunto, com a maioria concordando que é bom, porém pouca gente o aplica integralmente em suas práticas. Para isto, é necessário observar e refletir sobre os conceitos, as experiências já implantadas e analisar as crenças, teorias e conclusões de alguns estudiosos sobre esse assunto. Utilizou-se de pesquisa bibliografia para obter informações sobre experiências, pertinentes ao tema, desenvolvidas em vários países, incluindo o Brasil. Este trabalho foi embasado, também, em experiências reais, relativas ao diagnóstico, ao desenvolvimento e ao processo de avaliação, tendo como princípio norteador o conceito de competências, ou seja, a capacidade de mobilizar conhecimentos, habilidades e atitudes para o desempenho eficiente de um trabalho. Sob a ótica da gestão da qualidade, as afirmações, deduções e conclusões tiveram como foco a sua aplicabilidade e possível contribuição para a condução dos processos organizacionais. A posição de alguns autores que têm uma visão diferente à filosofia da competência, inclusive a visão dos discordantes, contrapondo com a visão idealista daqueles que a defendem, foi outro importante elemento que reforçou a necessidade de aprofundamento nesse assunto. Acredita-se que os resultados deste trabalho sejam importantes para estudos sobre formação profissional e desenvolvimento de RH, assim como para o processo de gestão das empresas / Abstract: In this work it was looked to develop a study that allowed to get a clearer and realistic view on the subject competences. Much is said on the subject, with the majority agreeing that it is good, however little people integrally apply it in its practical. For this, it is necessary to observe and to reflect on the concepts, the experiences already implanted and to analyze the beliefs, theories and conclusions of some studious on this subject. Bibliography was used of research to get information on experiences, pertinent to the subject, developed in some countries, including Brazil. This work was based, also, in real experiences, relative the diagnostic, the development and the evaluation process, having as direction principle the concept of competences, or either, the capacity to mobilize knowledge, abilities and attitudes for the efficient performance of a work. Under the view of the quality management, the affirmations, the deductions and the conclusions had as focus its applicability and possible contribution for the conduction of the processes in the organizations. The position of some authors who have a different view to the philosophy of the competence, also the view of the opponents, opposing down the idealistic view of that they defend it, was another important element that confirmed the necessity of research in this subject. It is given credit that the results of this work are important for studies on professional formation and development of people, as well as for the process of companies management / Mestrado / Gestão da Qualidade Total / Mestre em Engenharia Mecânica

Orientador: Jose Claudinei Lobardi / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-14T13:09:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ignacio_PauloCesardeSouza_D.pdf: 1516344 bytes, checksum: d92521779fa666619cbd8938ade85b4e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: Considerando as bases materiais pelas quais o homem, com o seu trabalho - na forma histórica em que se manifesta sob o capitalismo - realiza e controla seu intercâmbio com a natureza (re)produzindo sua existência, e tendo em vista o trabalho pedagógico, no âmbito do processo de trabalho capitalista, como uma das formas históricas mais expressivas de disciplinamento para a vida social e produtiva, buscamos investigar em que grau, o nível alcançado pela base técnica da produção na atualidade, marcado pelo regime de acumulação flexível, dá as condições objetivas para que o a concepção politécnica de educação ingresse, definitivamente, no debate sobre políticas educacionais, ainda que seja no campo do contraditório e das lutas contra-hegemônicas, na medida em que, pelas relações sociais de produção capitalista, o limite é a polivalência. / Abstract: Considering the material bases for which the man, with his work - in the historical form in which it is shown under the capitalism - holds and controls his exchange with the nature (re)producing his existence and in view of the pedagogical work, in the context of the process of capitalist work, like one of the most expressive historical forms of discipline for the social and productive life, we look to investigate in which degree, the level reached by the technical base of the production in the present, marked by the regime of flexible accumulation, gives the objective conditions for that the conception polytechnic of education join definitely in the debate on educational policies, even if it is in the field of contradictory and counter-hegemonic struggles, in so far as, for the social relations of capitalist production, the limit is the polyvalency. / Doutorado / Filosofia e História da Educação / Doutor em Educação

Orientador: Newton Antonio Paciulli Bryan / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-27T15:08:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Silva_RaquelHonoratoda_D.pdf: 4663050 bytes, checksum: f24c7d402b1c4fc8865e9a71e5ada901 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015 / Resumo: A presente pesquisa tem como foco central a análise sobre o atendimento recebido pelos jovens campinenses que viviam em situação de vulnerabilidade social e que, por este motivo, foram assistidos, concomitantemente, pela área da Assistência Social e pela Educação, através dos "Programa Jovem.Com" e "Programa Ação Jovem". Tais programas se inseriram dentro da nova Política Pública para a Juventude do município de Campinas (SP), criada no início dos anos 2000 e desenvolvida entre os anos de 2000 a 2013. No desenvolvimento da pesquisa buscou-se compreender o "ciclo" dessa nova Política Pública para a Juventude, dando ênfase nos processos de Identificação do Problema, de Formação da Agenda municipal e de Implementação da Política. Também se realizou a análise de alguns resultados dos programas discriminados, para os que se considerou a quantidade de jovens assistidos e o alcance de seus objetivos normativos. Teve-se como metodologia a análise de registros do processo de constituição da Política Pública, os documentos oficiais referentes aos programas de juventude, a busca de literatura que abordasse os assuntos pertinentes e também entrevistas com os gestores públicos municipais e demais funcionários públicos que atuaram juntamente aos jovens assistidos / Abstract: This research has as its central focus the analysis on the care received by vulnerable youth that were attended, concomitantly, by the Social Welfare and Education, with the programs "Jovem¿Com" and "Ação Jovem". These programs have been inserted into the new Public Policy for Youth of the Campinas (SP), created in 2000s and developed between the years 2000-2013. In the research attempted to understand the "policy cycle" of this new Public Policy, emphasizing the Social Problem, the creation of the Public Agenda and Implementation. Also has been the analysis of some results of the programs. Had as methodology the analysis of records of the Public Policy, official documents of the programs, the literature about the topics and also interviews with municipal managers and other civil servants who have worked next the youth / Doutorado / Politicas, Administração e Sistemas Educacionais / Doutora em Educação

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-01-20T17:32:04Z No. of bitstreams: 1 anaangelaaraujobraz.pdf: 888861 bytes, checksum: c7565599e6a0bfe1847aee38c259c74c (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-01-25T18:41:30Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 anaangelaaraujobraz.pdf: 888861 bytes, checksum: c7565599e6a0bfe1847aee38c259c74c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-25T18:41:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 anaangelaaraujobraz.pdf: 888861 bytes, checksum: c7565599e6a0bfe1847aee38c259c74c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-09-26 / A presente dissertação objetivou a elaboração de uma proposta de intervenção para contribuir na superação dos desafios de realização da integração curricular em uma Escola Estadual de Educação Profissional (EEEP) no estado do Ceará. Partiu-se de um caso de gestão e investigaram-se as condições de trabalho na escola para a proposição de alternativas à superação do problema. Esse recorte se justificou pelo fato de a autora deste trabalho fazer parte da equipe gestora da EEEP em questão e ter verificado que as dificuldades na realização de uma integração curricular sólida e bem estruturada pode se configurar como um dos entraves à aprendizagem dos alunos, tanto nas disciplinas obrigatórias da Base Nacional Comum, como nos cursos profissionalizantes. A fim de obter informações para descrever e analisar o caso, a investigação teve como metodologia o uso de entrevistas com roteiros semiestruturados e pesquisa documental. Ao final da descrição do caso, no capítulo 1, chegou-se à conclusão de que são dois os elementos centrais que influenciam na existência do problema: a organização e a distribuição de responsabilidades do trabalho da equipe gestora e o papel da gestão escolar na formação e no auxílio à atuação docente. No capítulo 2, o problema foi analisado, levando-se em consideração esses dois elementos. A análise foi feita a partir da perspectiva de alguns autores: Neves, para apresentar um histórico do Ensino Técnico e Educação Profissional no Brasil, Luck e Mintzberg, para falar de Gestão Escolar, Polon, para tratar do papel dos currículos nas escolas eficazes, e Lopes e Macedo, para abordar disciplinas e integração curricular. Desse modo, no capítulo 3, apresentou-se uma proposta de intervenção que consiste em ações para redefinir as atribuições da equipe gestora e organizar o seu trabalho, para que esta possa atuar na formação e no auxílio à atuação docente, através de formações colaborativas com foco na integração curricular. Essas proposições representam o esforço de contribuir para superar as dificuldades na execução de um currículo integrado na escola pesquisada. / The present work has for goal to develop a proposal intervention to contribute in overcoming the challenges of achieving the curricular integration in Escola Estadual de Educação Profissional (E.E.E.P.) - Professional Teaching State School in Ceará state. Starting from a management case was investigated working conditions in the school to propose alternatives to overcome the problem. This angle is justified by the fact that the author of this work do part of the management team (E.E.E.P.) and have found that the difficulties in achieving a solid and well structured curriculum integration can be configured as one of the barriers to students' learning, such as the compulsory subjects of the Common National Base, as in professional courses. In order to obtain information to describe and analyze the case, the investigation has as methodology the use of semi-structured roadmaps, interviews and documentary research. At the end of the case description, in Chapter 1, we conclude that there are two key factors which influence the existence of the problem: organization and distribution of work responsibilities of the management team and the role of school management in training and aid to teacher performance. In Chapter 2 the problem was analyzed taking into account these two elements. The analysis was conducted from the perspective of some authors: Neves to present a history of Technical and Professional Education in Brazil, Luck and Mintzberg to talk about School Management, Polon to treat about the role of curriculums in effective schools, Lopes and Macedo to aproach subjects and curricular integration. This way, in Chapter 3, we present a proposal intervention consisting in actions to redefine the management team obligations and organize their work so that it can act in training and aid to teacher performance through collaborative training focusing on the curricular integration. These propositions represent the effort to contribute and overcome difficulties in the implementation of an integrated curriculum in the watched school.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-01-22T10:46:05Z No. of bitstreams: 1 analeabastoslima.pdf: 2145654 bytes, checksum: f26004b050834b1bf2cc8597da15388f (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-01-25T18:49:51Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 analeabastoslima.pdf: 2145654 bytes, checksum: f26004b050834b1bf2cc8597da15388f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-25T18:49:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 analeabastoslima.pdf: 2145654 bytes, checksum: f26004b050834b1bf2cc8597da15388f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-09-29 / Esta dissertação tem por objetivo a análise da implementação das Escolas Estaduais de Educação Profissional (EEEP), enquanto política pública do Estado do Ceará para a promoção da oferta do ensino médio integrado à educação profissional. Tal política, implementada em 2008 durante o Governo Cid Gomes, teve por objetivo responder às demandas da agenda nacional acerca do plano de ampliação da oferta de Ensino Médio Integrado à Educação Profissional (EMI) no país. As fontes utilizadas para o desenvolvimento da pesquisa são os documentos oficias sobre as EEEPs, bem como os depoimentos de atores da política coletados a partir de entrevistas semiestruturadas. O principal referencial teórico são os autores Eduardo Salomão Condé (2011) e Jefferson Mainardes (2006), já que a política foi investigada a partir da perspectiva relacionada ao Ciclo de Políticas (Agenda, Formulação, Decisão, Implementação e Avaliação), sendo focalizadas as quatro fases iniciais: Análise do contexto histórico nacional e estadual que propiciou a entrada da educação profissional como pauta para a discussão de políticas públicas; observação da instância política estadual que proporcionou a formulação do projeto de educação profissional no estado do Ceará, bem como a descrição da implantação das Escolas Estaduais de Educação Profissional do Ceará, apontando seus resultados iniciais. Por fim, foi elaborado um Plano de Ação Educacional com vistas a sugerir algumas estratégias para o aprimoramento da política estudada, com base nas conclusões da pesquisa, dentre as quais destacaram-se a dificuldade estrutural das escolas em prédios adaptados para a oferta de ensino em tempo integral; os desafios para a promoção da integração curricular; a capacitação da equipe docente e a formação na filosofia de gestão (TESE). / This essay aims to analyze the implementation of the State Schools of Professional Education (EEEP), while the State of Ceará public policy for the promotion of integrated supply of high school professional education. This policy, implemented in 2008 during the Cid Gomes government, aimed to respond to the demands of the national agenda about the expansion plan offering integrated Secondary Professional Education (EMI) in the country. The sources used for the development of the research are the official documents on EEEPs as well as the statements of political actors collected from semi-structured interviews. The main theoretical framework are the authors Eduardo Condé Salomão (2011) and Jefferson Mainardes (2006), since the policy was investigated from the cycle-related policies (Agenda, Formulation, Decision, Implementation and Evaluation) approach, and the focused initial four phases: Analysis of national and state historical context that led to the entry of vocational education as the agenda for the discussion of public policy; observation of state political structure which provided the project design professional education in the state of Ceará, as well as the description of the implementation of the State Schools of Professional Education of Ceará, pointing its initial results. Finally, we designed a Plan Educational Action to suggest some strategies for improving political study, based on research findings, among which stood out the structural difficulty in school buildings adapted for the supply of full-time teaching; the challenges to promoting curricular integration; the training of the teaching staff and training in management philosophy (TESE).

Este trabalho teve a finalidade de estudar a evasão na Educação Profissional de Nível Técnico, com base na trajetória escolar e no depoimento de alunos evadidos, tendo como objetivos conhecer e analisar a trajetória escolar desses alunos; identificar os motivos que os levaram a essa decisão de deixar a Educação Profissional; verificar o modo como o aluno compreende a evasão escolar e refletir sobre possíveis medidas preventivas que possam contribuir na reformulação de procedimentos escolares. Quanto à metodologia, foram utilizadas a Pesquisa Documental, documentos da Secretaria Acadêmica da Escola e do Sistema PRODESP, Quantitativa, a partir dos dados levantados com a Pesquisa Documental, e Qualitativa, a partir das entrevistas semiestruturadas com alunos selecionados da Pesquisa Documental. A pesquisa foi realizada na Unidade do Centro Paula Souza, no município de Taubaté SP, com base numa população de 321 alunos evadidos no ano de 2011, dos quais 80 fizeram parte da Pesquisa Quantitativa e oito foram selecionados para a Pesquisa Qualitativa por meio de entrevista. A Revisão de Literatura abordou as temáticas Educação Profissional e Evasão Escolar, bem como a Teoria Bioecológica do Desenvolvimento Humano, de Bronfenbrenner, utilizada como Fundamentação Teórica que, juntamente com a metodologia de Análise do Discurso de Laurence Bardin, subsidiaram a Análise Qualitativa das entrevistas. Dentre as causas da evasão que foram reveladas encontram-se: horário de trabalho, relação professor-aluno, dificuldade de aprendizagem, entre outras. A percepção do aluno quanto à evasão, revelou grande importância ao contexto escolar versus um sentimento de incompetência e frustração diante do abandono. O estudo possibilitou a compreensão da evasão escolar num sentido mais amplo, que inclui a questão da exclusão e a noção de mobilidade, bem como a identificação de fatores pessoais, fatores internos e externos à Instituição além de procedimentos e medidas preventivas para a solução do problema. / This work aimed to study the dropout in Professional Education Technician, based in school history and the testimony of dropout students, and aims to identify and analyze the trajectory of these school students; to identify the reasons that led to this decision leave the Vocational Education; verify how the student understands truancy and reflect on possible preventive measures that can help in redesigning school procedures. Regarding the methodology, we used the Documentary Research, documents the Academic Office and the School System PRODESP, Quantitative, from the data collected with the Documentary Research, Qualitative and, from semi-structured interviews with selected students of Documentary Research. The survey was conducted in Unit Centro Paula Souza, in Taubaté - SP, based on a population of 321 dropout students in 2011, of which 80 were part of the Quantitative Research-eight were selected for Qualitative Research through interview. A Literature Review addressed the thematic Professional Education and Student Dropouts and the Bioecological Theory of Human Development in Bronfenbrenner used as Theoretical Foundation which, together with the methodology of discourse analysis Laurence Bardin, supported the Qualitative Analysis of the interviews. Among the causes of evasion that have been revealed are: work schedule, student-teacher ratio, learning disability, among others. The Student Perception for evasion revealed great importance to the school versus a sense of frustration at the incompetence and neglect. The study enabled the understanding of truancy in a broader sense, which includes the issue of exclusion and the notion of mobility as well as identifying personal factors, factors internal and external to the institution as well as procedures and preventive for the solution of the problem.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-18T17:54:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Defesa_corrigida_18_06.pdf: 759384 bytes, checksum: 50f4bcdaa0d5fb29e0a09b916124d45b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-06-19 / This paper aims to display a study conducted at Faculdade de Tecnologia de Presidente Prudente, a school which belongs to Centro Estadual de Educação Tecnológica Paula Souza, a Department of Economic Development, Science and Technologys autarchy, pertaining to State of São Paulos government. The educational facility where the research was conducted, therefore, is a public institution and offers courses in technology field. As Higher Education vacancy grows bigger by the day, particularly in technological areas, there has been a significantly increase of numbers concerning school evasion. The goal of the present research is to study the reasons why this increase happens, which psychological aspects may interfere in this process, and what are the school board s, the teachers and the dropouts point of views about the issue. This is a qualitative and quantitative case study research held at a public institution of Higher Education on Technology in the city of Presidente Prudente. The methodological procedures used were documentary research with the analysis of dropouts school records, course plans offered by the Instituição de Educação Superior (IES) (Higher Education Institution) and the Legislation on Professional Education in Brazil, followed by interview with school board (management and coordination), dropout students and teachers. Through the Discourse of the Collective Subject (DCS) proposed by Lefevre, Lefevre, in order to know the causes of academic dropout in higher education in technology. Such understanding will subsidize the managers of the teaching unit, revisit their teaching procedures and will guide the adoption of policies and actions that will help minimize the dropout numbers indicators. / O presente trabalho apresenta um estudo realizado na Faculdade de Tecnologia de Presidente Prudente, unidade pertencente ao Centro Estadual de Educação Tecnológica Paula Souza, autarquia vinculada a Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Econômico, Ciência e Tecnologia, do Governo do Estado de São Paulo. A unidade pesquisada, portanto, trata-se de instituição pública e oferece cursos superiores de tecnologia. Com a ampliação da oferta de vagas nas Instituições de Educação Superior, em especial as de formação tecnológica, houve crescimento significativamente maior dos indicadores de evasão. Esta pesquisa pauta-se em estudar os motivos que culminam no aumento da evasão escolar, quais aspectos pedagógicos interferem, qual a visão dos gestores, docentes e evadidos acerca do tema. Trata-se de pesquisa realizada na forma de estudo de caso em instituição pública de ensino superior de tecnologia, instalada no município de Presidente Prudente, de natureza qualiquantitativo. Os procedimentos metodológicos utilizados: pesquisa documental, com a análise dos prontuários de evadidos, planos dos cursos oferecidos pela Instituição de Educação Superior (IES) e da legislação sobre a Educação Profissional no Brasil, seguido da realização de entrevista com gestores (direção e coordenação), corpo docente e alunos evadidos. Através do discurso do sujeito coletivo (DSC) preconizado por Lefevre e Lefevre, com intuito de conhecer as causas acadêmicas da evasão dos alunos dos cursos superiores de tecnologia. Tal entendimento subsidiará os gestores da unidade de ensino, rediscutir seus procedimentos pedagógicos e norteará na adoção de ações e políticas que contribuam para minimizar os indicadores de evasão.