Fabiana Lumi Kikuchi HAMADA and Rosebelly Nunes MARQUES
RPGE – Revista on line de Política e Gestão Educacional, Araraquara, v. 28, n. 00, e023010, 2024. e-ISSN: 1519-9029
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22633/rpge.v28i00.19177 3
Introduction
The motivation to understand the profile of higher education students regarding their
relationship with the teaching and learning process arose due to the worldwide emergency
caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which necessitated the adaptation of the educational
system to prevent academic setbacks for students. In this scenario, governmental agencies
quickly issued legal documents to support decisions by educational institutions, authorizing,
especially, alternatives for replacing in-person teaching.
At the national level, we can mention Ordinance No. 343 of March 17, 2020 (Brasil,
2020a), which deals with the substitution of in-person classes with alternatives in digital media,
and Ordinance No. 14,040 of August 18, 2020 (Brasil, 2020b), establishing exceptional norms
during the period of public calamity.
At the state level in São Paulo, we observe Decree No. 65,061 of July 13, 2020 (São
Paulo, 2020a), amended by Decree No. 65,140 of August 19, 2020 (São Paulo, 2020b), related
to the resumption of in-person classes and activities. Also, Decree No. 65,384 of December 17,
2020 (São Paulo, 2020c), and No. 65,849 of July 6, 2021 (São Paulo, 2021a), which includes
the institution of the Education Monitoring System for COVID-19. The State Council of
Education (CEE), through Resolutions 177/2020 of March 18, 2020 (São Paulo, 2020d), and
195/2021 of January 13, 2021 (São Paulo, 2021b), sets norms for organizing school calendars.
Several regulations were published in the State of São Paulo with the aim of guiding
education during the period. In the context of undergraduate studies at the institution under
study, Resolutions CoG 7949 of April 27, 2020 (São Paulo, 2020e), and CoG 8076 of April 15,
2021 (São Paulo, 2021c) were encompassed, authorizing the substitution of in-person classes
with the use of information and communication technologies. Resolution CoG 7962 of June 23,
2020 (São Paulo, 2020f), fixed the new school calendar for the academic year 2020. Resolutions
CoG 8092 of May 25, 2021 (São Paulo, 2021d), and CoG 8118 of August 26, 2021 (São Paulo,
2021e), guide the permission for conducting supervised in-person practical internships, and
Resolution CoG 8156 of December 16, 2021 (São Paulo, 2021f), which reduces the workload
for the 2021 graduates in the health field.
These changes directly affected the daily school life of both teachers and students, who
needed to adapt to new technologies, reorganize their routines, and change the ways of social
interactions. Students who enrolled during the period of remote classes had a different
experience of entering higher education, and in 2022, they underwent a new adaptation to in-
person teaching.