A importância do cuidado socioemocional na vida de estudantes do curso de Licenciatura em Pedagogia da UFRPE: um estudo sobre o Núcleo do Cuidado Humano da UFRPE

Abstract

This research aims, in general, to understand the importance of socio-emotional care in the student's lives of the Degree Course in Pedagogy at the Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), considering the case of the Núcleo do Cuidado Humano (NCH) from that same university. We base our research on theories of human care; on socio-emotional education; on Brazilian higher education, based on the main authors: Ferreira (2021), Goleman (2010), Pires (2016), Cruz (2015), Caixeta (2011), like the official documents of the NCH, of the Pedagogy course and the Ministry of Education. It is a qualitativebased investigation, using the case study method, with data construction techniques that took place in three ways: (a) exploratory observation; (b) questionnaire and (c) semistructured interviews. The locus of investigation took place in the virtual space, where we had access to documentary material and to some data and contacts with part of the research interlocutors. Our research subjects were undergraduate students in Pedagogy at UFRPE; professors of the aforementioned degree and the former dean of the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, at the time when the Human Care Nucleus was established at UFRPE. After the results, we came to some points of reflection: (a) the students participating in the research said they felt tired, mental exhaustion, stress and wanted a more careful university environment that is concerned with the emotional health of the academic community. At the same time, we have seen that, since 2018, when the NCH was created, UFRPE has made an effort to make the University a space for preventing psychic suffering and promoting mental health, considering your community.