Perfil dos egressos do curso de educação física: um estudo preliminar na UFGD

Abstract

This study aimed to know the profile of the graduates in Physical Education of the Federal University of Grande Dourados-UFGD. There were 41 graduates who answered a questionnaire made by the authors, with open and closed questions, to identify in the view of these participants in the reality of the course, professors, institution, and job market. It was observed, with the results, that the majority of the public was female, coming mostly from the outskirts of Dourados, with a group age mainly between 21 and 25 years. The main difficulties faced during the training were from financial problems to long distances, fronted during the journey of those who lived in other cities. In addition, other problems came up, as the university strikes and how to conciliate the routine of studies with the parallel professional activity, since 44% of them already have a postgraduate degree, which 4 participants have masters degree and 1 doctoral degree. And 51.2% of the participants did a public competition in the area (civil servant). The conclusion of the evaluation was satisfactory in different aspects, such as preparation for the job market and the total hours of the theoretical-practical disciplines. The concept attributed to the course was excellent (36.6%, good 43.9%, fair 14.6%, bad 2.4% and poor 2.4%) and the professors' evaluation obtained a positive concept of 90.3% . The disciplines of health were pointed out as the most important, and other disciplines of this area and it was also mentioned new suggestion to a new curricular components. It was concluded, although the graduates identified difficulties and challenges in the labor market, the institution contributed with basic knowledge to train them, hoping that the professional will continue to acquire new knowledge that will promote their pedagogical practice.