Discourse analysis of students-workers on school truancy: A specific case in the math course

ABSTRACT: School absenteeism of ex-students in the Math course of the State University of Maringá, Maringá PR Brazil, and the need to work are related from the point of view of Foucault´s theory, through their own statements. By collecting official data of the university on truancy in the Math course between 2003 and 2013, we sought and analyzed scientific papers that address the evasion object and applied an interview with 26 escapees. The objective of the research, scientific papers and correlated documents were harvested on school truancy. Besides verifying the representations that truants have of their activities and their need to work, this paper instigates a critical discussion on representations involved in truancy. In fact, representations reveal their subjectivity. This research intends to describe the truants and in which discourse they are inserted so that the excluded subjects may have their own voice and opinion. “Truants” are made up by their own discourse.

摘要：本研究以巴西巴拉那州马林加市马林加州立大学数学专业往届辍学生的旷课行为为研究对象，结合福柯理论视角，通过受访者自身的陈述，探讨其旷课行为与务工需求之间的关联。研究团队收集了该校2003至2013年间数学专业旷课行为的官方数据，检索并分析了以旷课问题为研究主题的学术论文，同时对26名辍学生开展了访谈。本研究围绕学校旷课问题，采集了相关学术文献与关联资料，并确立了研究目标。除验证辍学生对自身学业活动及务工需求的认知表征外，本文还就旷课行为背后涉及的各类表征展开批判性讨论。事实上，认知表征能够揭示个体的主体性。本研究旨在描述辍学生群体及其所处的话语语境，以使被边缘化的群体能够发出自身的声音、表达自身观点。"辍学生"的身份由其自身的话语所建构。