Novas ações para um novo perfil estudantil: a importância de práticas cotidianas na educação de jovens e adultos

Abstract

This research is conducted within the framework of the Professional Master's Program in Education Management and Evaluation (PPGP) at the Center for Public Policies and Education Evaluation of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (CAEd/UFJF). Its purpose is to discuss the importance of everyday practices that consider the target audience of Adult and Youth Education (EJA) in a state school located in a city in the Minas Gerais. The need for actions focused on EJA students is even more pressing given the rejuvenation of students in this modality, as they are increasingly younger when they enter the high school grades of EJA. The central question of the research was: how has curriculum adaptation for EJA occurred at the Escola Estadual Paulo Freire? Regarding the general objective, the study analyzed the pedagogical processes directed at the in-person and evening EJA programs at E.E. Paulo Freire. Specific objectives included: describing Adult and Youth Education at E.E. Paulo Freire and its characteristics; identifying pedagogical management processes aimed at EJA at E.E. Paulo Freire; and proposing an action plan to promote strategies directed at EJA pedagogical processes. The qualitative case study employed, as methodological tools, questionnaires with managers, students, and teachers, and semi-structured interviews with the management team and with a sample of students. The study found a lack of everyday practices specifically intended for Adult and Youth Education, a rejuvenation of the target audience for this educational modality, and a shortage of ongoing training for teachers working in EJA. To address these and other issues, an Educational Action Plan was proposed with actions to be implemented by the management team to enhance the focus on strategies directed at Adult and Youth Education.