Compreendendo o significado da trajetória e experiências sociais dos alunos cotistas que buscam desenvolver iniciação científica (IC)

Abstract

This work aims to understand the relationship between the subject's social position (focusing on racial and class relations) and his scientific training at the University, through the study of the trajectories of students from the Biological Sciences course at UFSCar who entered the system of quotas in Sisu and sought to develop Scientific Initiation activities. Data collection was carried out through a semi-structured interview with 6 students, carried out virtually by the Google Hangouts platform, which addressed questions about the identification of respondents, life trajectory before entering university, university experience and admission through Affirmative Actions and questions about the Scientific Initiation Experience and academic life. Complementary data collection by Google forms was also carried out. Data analysis was performed based on the Phenomenology described by Merleau-Ponty. The results showed that the social position of the subject interferes with the scientific trajectory, making it difficult for them to be included in the research activity and that this interference is especially linked to the precarious quality of basic education, resulting in the difficulty of implementing the scientific skills necessary for carrying out the project. And that however, students were able to develop strategies to overcome the challenges encountered in the academic and scientific trajectory that enabled the insertion of these students in academic activity. It is concluded that the difficulty of students' insertion in the scientific activity is related to the bureaucratic issues of the requirements established by research institutions, which has made it increasingly difficult to accept and grant scholarships for research projects in general. Indicating the necessary continuous monitoring of data and statistics on the socioeconomic, racial and other profile of participants in scientific institutions, such as social indicators and the expansion of more inclusive selection processes in academic and research activities.