Mirando por la ventana: una caracterización del desinterés escolar, estudio de caso del colegio Ofelia Uribe de Acosta - I.E.D. de Bogotá, Localidad de Usme

Abstract

School "(dis) interest", a problem that frequently occurs in the youth of educational institutions, being one of the causes of school dropout; "(...) the lack of interest shown by many young people can generate, in most cases, low self-esteem and lack of skills, which could lead to failure and subsequent school absenteeism" (Miñaca & Hervás, 2013). This phenomenon acquires relevance in the middle grades. Considering the above, this work approaches the research from the qualitative type that helps the understanding of the problem in light of the case of the students of grades 10 and 11 of the school Ophelia Uribe de Acosta, located in the fifth town (Usme) from Bogota . On the one hand, there are surveys, workshops and interviews that facilitate the achievement of more specific information about the subject to work. We also made a revision of documentation of the families as data of student enrollment and observer, to finish compose the information. In doing this work, it is found that parents have a great influence on the student's disinterest in their children, although these are affected by other events that make their profile determined as well. Finally, a relationship is established between levels of school disinterest, human development and the general situation in which the parents are