O TRABALHADOR-ALUNO DA EAJA: DESAFIOS NO PROCESSO ENSINO-APRENDIZAGEM

Abstract

The purpose of the current study is to investigate the reality of the young and adult studying workers of EJA - Education of Youths and Adults - who are enrolled in 5th through 8th grades of night elementary education program of Goiania Municipal School System. Understanding the connection between the knowledge acquired in school and the work environment has been in view. Entitled The studying worker of EJA: challenges of teaching-learning process , the research has aimed to achieve three goals: 1) discussing mediations or possible contradictions between formal education and the world of work; 2) analyzing the connection between the basic education and the work as a category within the limits of the political-pedagogic proposal of Goiania Municipal Education Office; and 3) identifying both the student s view of the school learning and its connection with the professional context. Aiming at achieving a more comprehensive apprehension of the object of study, qualitative research methodology has been employed. The research has been accomplished taking into account three stages: 1) revising the bibliography on the theme of EJA and its configuration in the field of Brazilian education; 2) studying and analyzing Goiania Municipal School System Political-Pedagogic Proposal for the Education of Teenage Youths and Adults ; and 3) field research. Technical instruments of investigation, such as questionnaires and demi-structured interviews, have been applied in the field research. In final considerations both the analyses carried out with the help of field research and a number of conflicts and emotional tensions undergone by the research subject - especially studying workers - have been highlighted. As a result relevant aspects of the connection between education and work has been revealed, especially the difficulties in developing the mentioned pedagogic proposal as a whole in everyday practice and the theoretical incoherence of such proposal concerning learning methods intended for studying workers.