"O sonho de uma faculdade" : como professores, família e amigos afetam as aspirações educacionais de jovens estudantes em três escolas diferentes na cidade de Pitangui

Abstract

This paper aims to examine the educational aspirations of students in three different schools in the city of Pitangui-Minas Gerais. The large growth in the number of enrollments in higher education in Brazil in the last ten years shows that joining a university has become important these days. But what makes some students seek to complete a college and others not? Results were collected from a questionnaire in which socioeconomic and socio-psychological elements were included to verify the influence of these two factors in the formation of educational aspirations of students. The results of this universe have shown that the vast majority seeks complete a college and / or graduate, but the results showed a strong influence of other significants in this process (family, teachers and friends), thus showing that perceptions of the expectations of other significants can interfere in the educational aspirations of these young students.