As representações sociais sobre o mérito: um estudo com estudantes cotistas e não cotistas da Universidade Federal do Semiárido do Rio Grande do Norte.

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Serafim, Nayara Katryne Pinheiro
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Brasil; Administração; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração; UFPB
• Palavras-chave em Português: Mérito; Merit; Educação; Representações sociais; Cotas sociais e raciais; Education; Social representations; Social and racial quotas; CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::ADMINISTRACAO
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/tede/8608

This study aims to analyze the social representations on the merits of the shareholders and not shareholders undergraduate students entering the six 2013.1 and 2015.1 of the Business Administration course at the Federal Rural University of the SemiArido (UFERSA) in the city of Mossoró, RN. It sought to analyze the political pedagogical project of the course of directors through. The incidence of subjects linked to debates on society influence on the construction of representations of merit and education of students shareholders and not shareholders, entering / 2013.1 and 2015.1; describe the existing social representations between quota students and not shareholders entering / 2013.1 and 2015.1 on education; check the social representation of the existing merit among students shareholders and not shareholders, entering / 2013.1 and 2015.1; compare the distinctions and similarities between the students understanding of shareholders and not shareholders and their representations of the system of social and racial quotas. The theoretical framework comprises four sections: a) Higher Education in Brazil; b) Merit, Meritocracy and higher education in Brazil; c) Affirmative Action in Higher Education in Brazil; d) Social Representations. For implementation of the proposed objective, a survey of qualitative, exploratory took place. The research was conducted with students entering the six 2013.1 and 2015.1 with 20 students in total, 11 students of the semester 2015.1, 6 shareholders and not shareholders and 5 students 2013.1, 4 and 5 students shareholders no shareholders Administration Course graduates of UFERSA. Data collection method used semi-structured interviews conducted in person with students. Data were, analyzed starting from the content analysis of interviews and official documents proposed by Bardin (1977). The results showed that the humanistic education is not a priority in the training aspects in the course, inherited tendency of the formation of our higher education. No influence of the Political Pedagogical Project of the Course among students 2013.1 by adopting postures that highlight issues associated management and performance, and the students 2015.1 base their merit representations and education on common sense and judgment. Social representations among students shareholders and not shareholders on the merits of semesters 2013.1 and 2015.1 have as its core personal performance as a legitimizing factor of merit. Regarding the social representations of education among shareholders 2013.1 and 2015.1 is a social mobility factor and improvement of living conditions from the merit if personal. Understand the predominance of individual responsibility to representations of students shareholders and not shareholders, that They affirm their support social quotas by the context of inequalities linked to income and quality of education in the country and the racial quotas contribute to increased discrimination and racial prejudice. For students of social criterion are relevant and already include all individuals disadvantaged .The shareholders even experiencing disparities contexts do not recognize themselves in relation to their social and ethnic identity racial. We can conclude that the principles of meritocratic ideology based on personal performance are core of social representations on the merits and education among students shareholders and not shareholders 2013.1 and 2015.1 entrants