A educação de jovens e adultos expectativas dos alunos em relação ao retorno escolar

Abstract

The teaching of Youth and Adult Education (YAE) began, fundamentally, in a partnership with popular education, social movements, community practices, and with educator Paulo Freire’s primary contributions (1921-1997). YAE has made advances throughout its history, and has great relevance in the process of building new knowledge, encouraging the student to return to the classroom at any time in his life. This paper presents the results of a research whose main objective was to identify and analyze the expectations of students between the ages of 36 and 52, when they return to the classroom attending the teaching modality of YAE. The research was carried out at a municipal elementary school in the city of João Pessoa, Pb. The methodology used was descriptive field research, with a qualitative approach. Thereby, we verified through the collected data, by the observation participant and the questionnaire carried out with them, that when the student returns to YAE classroom he has high expectations. Some of them longed for completion of the course, others for independence and social inclusion, making them feel more confident to occupy their space in the professional market with autonomy and dignity. We conclude that YAE socializes the student with the social environment, encouraging and convincing him that, an educational work in classroom awakens more and more interest in learning, contributing significantly in a way that this student’s potential provides the exercise of a more just and equal citizenship.