Programa PIBID e política pública de permanência para classe trabalhadora: uma análise do programa PIBID do curso de Licenciatura em Ciências Humanas Sociologia da UFMA, Campus Imperatriz, Centro

Abstract

This study refers to a research on the financial relevance for the retention of low-income working-class students in the Degree in Human Sciences – Sociology, linked to the Institutional Program for Teacher Initiation Scholarships (PIBID), between the years 2022 and 2024, at a federal public university in the state of Maranhão. The study stemmed from the following problem: in what way has PIBID, as an Educational Public Policy, contributed to the initial training of teachers from the working class? The main objective is to analyze how PIBID has contributed to the initial training of teachers from the working class in a Degree in Human Sciences, with an emphasis on Sociology, at the Federal University of Maranhão, through the analysis of the statements of former PIBID members obtained through semi-structured interviews, as well as through the documentary analysis carried out on documents that guide the Program from its launch in 2007 until the year 2024. This study used a qualitative approach, as well as documentary research as a method. The data analysis method was Cellard's (2008) Documentary Analysis and, for the interviews, Bardin's (2016) thematic modality Content Analysis was used. From the analysis of the documents that supported the Program, we verified how much PIBID was negatively impacted due to the rise of governments aligned with neoliberal ideologies, significantly reducing the number of scholarships, with both the quantity and the value of the scholarship being readjusted only with the return of the Workers' Party government. With the interviews, we highlighted that, although the Program is not a public policy for student retention, it has assumed this function secondarily by providing minimal material retention conditions so that low-income working-class students can exist in the academic universe. Thus, the Program has contributed not only to promoting the theoretical and practical experience between school and university, but has gone further by providing material conditions so that the working class can experience university successfully, achieving not only the completion of the course, but the improvement in their quality of life and that of their families, as they become better-qualified professionals for the labor market. However, even though this Program is a solid policy, we note the need for better dissemination regarding this public policy to the entire academic community in a lasting way that takes place throughout the year, so that a larger number of students can know and access this relevant policy that transforms lives and gives life. Therefore, this Dissertation seeks to present to the entire academic community and other interested parties bibliographic material on PIBID and the Sociology course, as well as the report of experiences of former scholarship holders through the documentary that constitutes the educational product of this study."