Difficulties of undergraduate students in preparing their TCC

the challenge of research

Abstract

This article presents the results of a survey conducted on the difficulties faced by undergraduate students enrolled in the course that the author of the article teaches, called the Final Course Project, in the Pedagogy course at the UFPE Education Center. The objective was to understand the main reasons that, according to the perceptions of these participants, make it difficult to develop a research project, as well as to write the final article. The research methodology was qualitative, configured as a field study, analyzed and interpreted through the content analysis technique. The theoretical framework was based on the constructs of authors in the field of research methodology and critical theory of education as interrelated processes. The results demonstrate that the most profound difficulties are located in academic writing and in the scarce research practice throughout the entire educational process, including at the university.