A importância da recepção de calouros e o impacto na formação acadêmica. O caso de sucesso da escola de engenharia da UFMG: o Engenharia Recebe

Abstract

In the last twenty years, several projects have been taken towards to engineering education transformation in Brazil, looking for a new curriculum that allows more effective student participation in the teaching-learning process, as well as a better relationship between students, teachers and the institution. On this way, several studies have been carried out to understand the “students difficulties” and the causes of the high dropout rates and time spent on engineering graduation. Freshmen reception event has been demonstrated to have great potential to mitigate the social integration difficulties among the students and, consequently, to impact on his entire academic trajectory and strongly influence the decision to remain or not in your major program. In this context, this work presents the “Engenharia Recebe”, the official freshmen reception event of the School of Engineering of UFMG, which is carried out by students for students, that have been taking place since 2012. Information about the main concepts behind its fundamentals and structure are presented. Engenharia Recebe has been promoting the student's social, spatial and academic integration over the years, and, therefore, encouraging the student, since entering the institution, to create links with the University and the School of Engineering, becoming a fundamental activity for his formation in Engineering.