A EJA e a matemátiva: investigando as turmas do ciclo VI da cidade de Belém-PB

Abstract

The present research had as objective to know the students of the Education of Youth and Adults of the Cycle VI of the city of Belém - PB with respect to their profile and knowledge of Mathematics. To support our research, we used the main scholars who deal with EJA, such as Fonseca (2012) and Lorenzato (2006), in addition to the current official documents: National Common Curricular Base - BNCC (BRASIL, 2017) and the National Curricular Guidelines for Education Basic - DCN (BRASIL, 2013). The methodology adopted in the study was characterized as an exploratory research of the quantitative and qualitative type in relation to data analysis. Twenty-one students from two classes of EJA Cycle VI from a public school in the city of Belém - PB participated in the study. We adopted a semi-structured questionnaire, interviews and field diary as a research instrument. The application of the questionnaire and the interviews took place remotely, via WhatsApp group, in August 2020. The survey results revealed that, regarding the profile of EJA students, this was characterized by young people, mostly female, belonging low-income families who spent little time outside the classroom. As for the students' previous knowledge regarding Mathematics, we observed that students do not recognize the mathematical content and are completing Basic Education without adequate knowledge of this science, when compared to the current official Education documents. We conclude that EJA needs more attention from the public authorities, in addition to its own curricular guide, as it needs appropriate didactic material for this modality taking into account the students' previous knowledge and their social and economic context, which helps the teacher in the development of your math learning skills.