SCHOOL TRAJECTORIES OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN SOCIAL SCIENCES AT THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA (UFPB)

Abstract

This research report is based on texts produced by undergraduate students in Social Sciences at the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB) about their school trajectories. The research was carried out within the scope of the discipline “Education and Society” in partnership with tutorial projects. Fragments of these texts were selected, highlighting positive and negative experiences, expectations, difficulties and significant strategies of/in student life. We especially privilege reports on racism, gender issues and the importance of public educational policies, such as affirmative politics, scholarships and student aid. However, it is important to emphasize that it was not our aim to trace a student profile. Some experiences were more common, others more individual. In this report, by bringing them together, our objective was to get to know a little more the trajectories of these students, seeking to recognize potentials that can be better explored and weaknesses that must be more carefully observed by the faculty members and by UFPB in general.