Resumen

ARNAUD BOBADILLA, Alfredo Juan et al. Failure and Drop Out in UNAM’s School of Science: Analysis of the Causes. RIDE. Rev. Iberoam. Investig. Desarro. Educ [online]. 2022, vol.12, n.24, e036.  Epub 30-Mayo-2022. ISSN 2007-7467.  https://doi.org/10.23913/ride.v12i24.1181.

Due to the historical lag and dropout rates that occur in the careers of the Faculty of Sciences of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), the management formed a commission to carry out a study of the causes of said phenomenon. The objective of this work is to expose the results of the afore mentioned diagnosis, as well as to make a series of proposals to improve the lag and dropout rates of the students of the Faculty of Sciences. This diagnosis was made through a survey and the analysis of their responses during the focus group sessions that were formed for the study. In general terms, based on the survey results, professors consider that their students do not have good study habits; they do not come well prepared from their high school courses, and their writing and reading skills are poor. On the other hand, 64% of the professors claimed not to be aware of the annual didactic training courses offered, and almost 60% of the professors consider this kind of courses very necessary. At the end of the study, proposals are also presented to reduce failure and drop out, based on the results collected in this work, as alternatives to the didactic methodology that is currently the predominant.

Palabras llave : dropping out; academic failure; educational evaluation; curriculum evaluation; academic achievement.