Last Thursday (25th), the first edition of the Fapuga Podcast was recorded, a project that enables conversations combining college and market practice. (At the end of the article, you can watch the full podcast)
In this first edition, the ones who made the conversation happen were Fapuga students. Lais Custódio and Gabriel Alves, from the Business Administration program, and Matheus Renan, from Hospital Management, along with faculty member Gislene Rocha, who led the chat, going through the students’ motivations for choosing the college and relating what they have been studying to each person’s experiences.
All the students who took part already work in the areas they are studying, and are looking to grow even more through their degree. Whether through the career plans of the companies where they work, or by building a career plan according to their own ambitions and the opportunities that arise. The conversation goes on to address these possibilities and how they are taking shape.
“If I seek to improve myself, what happens to me? That space, if it doesn’t satisfy me, if it becomes too small for me, I’ll go somewhere else. So the more I develop, the more I start making choices,” is Gislene’s comment on how education affects a professional’s stature.
The students notice this, and are managing to practice within their companies the content they have been learning.
College and Practice in the Students’ Reality
When it comes to soft skills, for example, Matheus mentions that learning more about emotional intelligence in the course made him pay more attention to that aspect of his own posture in the workplace.
But several situations like this are recalled during the conversation, because, as students and professionals, they have the opportunity to observe and carry out in practice what is covered in the classroom, like case studies that are even more real than those in which one follows a company’s story or a problem’s resolution from afar. After all, Fapuga’s methodology constantly seeks to combine theory with market reality.
This exchange greatly enriches learning. Even for students who are not yet working, knowing the practical possibilities of the content makes all the difference in understanding how it applies in reality.
And this demonstrates one of the great advantages of the in-person teaching-learning model: much more dynamic and constant opportunities for interaction.
Does Being In Person Make a Difference?
Being in person was precisely one of the main reasons these students chose Fapuga. They were aware that distance learning would not meet their needs. When asked whether the factor weighed on the decision, the answer was unanimous.
On how his experience has been in this regard, Matheus comments: “I think what’s different about in-person is the connection with people. If you’re close by and a question comes up, one interaction and you’ve solved it.”
And he adds: “It’s networking; you can link your ideas with other people’s right there in real time. Sometimes, in a study group, in an app meeting, you can’t get all of that. You meet people; I’ve even talked with people here to try to add other things, outside of college. I think in distance learning you can’t have that; I think it’s very hard.”
What Is It Like to Study in São Paulo’s East Zone?
Of course, the location also made all the difference in the choice. Even in the rush of everyone’s routines, living in a big city like São Paulo, Fapuga’s location is easy to reach for all of them, whether because it is close to home or on the way home.
From Gabriel’s point of view: “Everything is close here: the Marginal, Av. Salim, subway, train, bus, station, it’s all close… The East Zone is a city in itself, but because it’s so big, it has much more access than other regions.”
Well, this is just a summary of the whole conversation from this first podcast edition. It is well worth watching in full and getting a real exchange, such as the record of networking opportunities that only environments like college provide.
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#1 FAPUGA Podcast – Business Administration and Hospital Management Students Talk About College and Practice
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