Perceptions of students of the Biblioteconomic course of the Brasilia University on the curricular grade, competences and the labor market

Abstract

Introduction: The research investigated the perceptions of the students of the Librarianship course of the University of Brasília on the curriculum, skills and labor market. Objective: To verify the perception of the potential graduates of the Librarianship course of the University of Brasília-UnB, in the second half of 2015 and in the first semester of 2016, in relation to their own competence to enter the labor market, the current curriculum and also the opinion about the pedagogical practices of teachers. Methodology: Descriptive research, which used the mixed approach for the treatment of quantitative and qualitative data, with questionnaire application. Results: The group that participates in this research is formed by a majority of women, young people, between the ages of 21 and 25 and the year of admission in 2012. According to these students, there is a lack of subjects in all areas related to Librarianship, with emphasis in the social area , applied and technological. Regarding professional competences, if they evaluated good in those related to communication and expression, to the technical-scientific, to the social and to the political and managerial, but if they perceived themselves as regular in the elaboration of information products and in general management skills and in policy planning conservation and documentary preservation. Conclusions: From the answers obtained, it was concluded that, in the view of the students, the curriculum is a point to be reflected and was considered general and superficial, as well as lagged in relation to what they learned in the stages. However, they found that the teachers presented the novelties of the area in class. In addition, for this group, the course was considered theoretical and the experiences in the stages were fundamental to have contact with the most modern in the professional practice.