Academic persistence of students with disabilities: The perspective of students from a campus of IFRN
Academic persistence; Students with disabilities; Integrated technical education.
The current research project, entitled "Academic Persistence of Students with Disabilities: The Perspective of Students from a Campus of IFRN," primarily aims to identify and understand the actions that play a significant role in the academic persistence of students with disabilities in an integrated technical high school program at the Federal Institute of Education, Science, and Technology of Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN), with a particular focus on a campus in the metropolitan region of IFRN. The justification for this study lies in the progressive increase of students with disabilities in integrated technical courses, a trend driven by the implementation of the Quota Law. The relevance of this study is underscored by the lack of research specifically addressing the factors that contribute to the persistence of these students in Federal Institutes. Despite the large number of academic works on school inclusion, there is a notable scarcity of studies focused on technical vocational education, as identified in a previous literature review.
This is a descriptive research project that employs qualitative methodological procedures, including a literature review, documentary research, and interviews. Participants will be selected through a screening process, choosing four students with disabilities from the campus, who will be invited to participate and informed in detail about the research objectives and procedures, with their consent required. Subsequently, interviews will be conducted, focusing on topics such as learning, student support services, and extracurricular factors, along with a thorough analysis of the institution’s academic and regulatory documentation. The collected data will be organized into categories of analysis and interpreted, using excerpts from the interviews and documents to construct the findings. The expected outcome of this research is to guide concrete actions aimed at promoting high-quality academic persistence for students with disabilities at the aforementioned Institute.