Nos meandros do (in)sucesso escolar

: perceções de alunos, pais e professores : um estudo de caso num agrupamento TEIP

Abstract

The search for reasons for school failure has been, for many years, a concern shared by teachers, researchers and school managers. Studies on the subject attribute responsibility for the educational (un) success to a variety of factors, intrinsic and extrinsic to students, which leads us to understand that there is not a single, ideal way of teaching and learning. School failure remains a problem that affects many of our students and concerns our society. As stated by Mendonça "(...) since the implementation of compulsory education, school failure has been positioning itself as a worrying phenomenon (...)" (2009, p.7). In an attempt to fight it, several reforms and programs have been implemented by the successive governments, most of which have not had the desired effect. Among these programs we highlight the TEIP2 - Territórios Educativos de Intervenção Prioritária (Priority Intervention Education Territories). It appears that, despite the resources provided to schools in order to prevent failure and avoid early school leaving, the intervention strategies and the activities and responsibilities of the various actors, the results achieved are far from the idealized goals.

Date of Award	21 Apr 2016
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Cristina Palmeirão (Supervisor)