Vincent Tinto: An analytical proposal for the study of desertion.

Abstract

The article presents the progress of a research that seeks to understand situations of school abandonment and dropout in high school students in a context of social marginalization. The problematization includes previous studies on the causes of school failure, and the existing relationship with aspects of the social, economic and political structure, also taking into account the incidence of particularities in social, family and institutional vulnerability. As a theoretical foundation, the contributions of Vincent Tinto are presented in his theory of dropout, in which he develops a student retention model, emphasizing the social role of the institution.  The analysis of Tinto's proposal has led to the need to include other theoretical contributions that include a critical look at the relationship between education and the socio-economic system. In this sense, the musings of Michael Apple and Cinthia Wanschelbaum have been considered as part of the theoretical framework that will provide the fundamental elements for the analytical process of the research