Educação de Jovens e Adultos e os desafios decorrentes da pandemia da Covid-19: um estudo em uma escola pública de Sapé/PB

Abstract

Youth and Adult Education is a teaching modality that suffers in the most diverse aspects and that during the period of social isolation felt the negative impact in relation to the teaching and learning of students. In view of this, the objective of this work is to discuss the challenges encountered in EJA resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic in a State Elementary and Secondary School, located in the urban area, in the municipality of Sapé-PB. To this end, we adopted bibliographical research and exploratory field research as methodologies. It is important to highlight that our study is based on the reflections of Cunha (2020), Arroyo (2017), Gil (2002), among others. Furthermore, the data were obtained both through interviews and through the use of questionnaires, involving, in this case, six (6) students from Elementary Level II and High School at EJA and two (2) teachers, one from Elementary Level II. and another at the EJA Medium Level. Therefore, based on the analysis of the participants' statements, we found how unsatisfactory the remote system was, since no incentive strategies were used during online classes and this directly affected these students in relation to their teaching and learning, in which They often needed to balance studies with work and the physical and mental challenges they suffered during the pandemic. Furthermore, it is necessary to highlight that some of the students did not follow the online classes and there was no supervision or incentive to guarantee learning, the right to equal access and the feasibility of remote teaching strategies for students of different modalities. Therefore, educational systems in this modality have the challenge of unifying education for everyone, especially after the Covid-19 pandemic in which students returned discouraged and feeling unprepared to continue their educational journeys.