Expectations, perceptions and motivations of students at a Public School of High School in Brazil

Abstract

The achievement goal theory seeks to understand the set of factors, such as: thoughts, beliefs, motivations, purposes and emotions that lead the development of the individual’s performance (in this case, the students) to act, and, consequently, to translate into their results actions. The objective of this research was to investigate the expectations, perceptions and motivations of students from a public high school in the interior of São Paulo. The qualitative and quantitative study was carried out in a public high school, located in a city in the interior of the State of São Paulo, in the first semester of 2019. The separation of parents can sometimes be a problematic factor for student life. Students whose parents have literacy and longer formal education tend to remain literate and evolve in the educational field. High school students seek to complete their studies and move on to higher education in order to achieve personal life goals. A large proportion of students do not understand the real role of attending school