O cuidado como construção social e suas interfaces com as políticas de assistência estudantil da pós-graduação

Abstract

The general objective of this research is to analyze the interfaces between care and Student Assistance policies from the perspective of Master's students from the Graduate Programs of the Universidade da Fronteira Sul (UFFS), Erechim/RS campus. From it, the following specific objectives are proposed: To investigate the conceptions of care of students of the four Graduate Programs of the Federal University of Fronteira Sul (UFFS), Campus Erechim/RS: Master's in Environmental Science and Technology, Professional Master's in Education , Interdisciplinary Master in Human Sciences and Master in Geography; Identify if there is the presence of malaise in students of the four Graduate Programs at UFFS, Campus Erechim/RS, and what they would be; To analyze how the concept of care is present in the development strategies suggested in the National Postgraduate Plan (PNPG) for care practices for postgraduate students; To verify the care approaches present in the UFFS Student Assistance policy, and to point out ways for the constitution of Educational Care Policies for Graduate Studies. To understand the complex elements that are intertwined, the Policy Cycle Approach is used as a methodology for data analysis, as it intends to build a methodological path that allows analyzing the insertion of care in student assistance policies. Theoretically, the study is divided into three parts. First, in the Context of Influence, a bibliographic review is carried out on care from an interdisciplinary perspective. Secondly, the bibliographic review also seeks data that guide a discussion about what is the dimension of mental health in the context of Graduate Studies in the current scenario, from the perspective of well-being or malaise, selecting documents for this study of importance for understanding the above. In the Text Production Context, a documentary analysis of the following documents will be carried out: National Postgraduate Plan – PNPG 2011/2020 Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 and the UFFS Student Assistance Policy. In the Context of Practice, open online interviews were conducted with UFFS Graduate students. As a result, the answers of 19 graduate students were analyzed, according to their routines, their relationship with the advisor, their understanding of wellbeing, malaise, care and care with mental health, as well as the knowledge they have. on the Student Assistance Policy. Throughout what was presented in this research, it was noticed that there are interfaces between care as a social construction and the UFFS Student Assistance Policy in the context of Graduate Studies, as there are services linked to the Policy being offered to students, the fragility perhaps it is that these resources belong to the students' science. However, it was noticed how much these interfaces can be strengthened even more. The inclusion of care in the debates and research promoted by the Institution's Master's Programs is a gesture of care that helps to strengthen this interface, namely the inclusion of care in this field of Graduate Studies.