A influência dos fatores socioeconômicos na formação acadêmica dos alunos: o caso da Faculdade São Salvador

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the influence of socioeconomic factors on the academic education of students entering and completing health courses in the 2019.2 semester, at Faculdade São Salvador. The study has an exploratory and descriptive character, as the approach to the research is qualitative and the investigation was accomplish out using with six new students, six graduating students and four professors from Faculdade São Salvador (FSSAL). Bourdieu's theories about capital (social, economic and cultural), as well as the concept of habitus linked to the dimension of social origin allowed to assist in the investigation of the influence of socioeconomic factors in the higher education of the investigated students. Among the main detailed findings are, a predominant female audience, students have full or partial scholarship for studies, difficulty accessing the teaching unit, limitations that permeate students' lives and that directly imply their chances of success, professional prominence and course completion. In addition, the students' social and family background is relevant to the low production of economic, cultural and social capital. In addition, the students' socioeconomic level influences the academic training process and the maintenance or construction of new habitus. The expectations built during the process by incoming and concluding students also deserve to be highlighted, as they suffer variations over the years, reflecting mainly on the desire to have access to a good job and better salary conditions.