A educação como prática libertadora: reflexões sobre a educação de jovens e adultos na ECIT professor Antônio Gomes - Bayeux - PB

Abstract

Historically, adults from the lower classes have faced many difficulties in continuing their studies and deepening their knowledge. For centuries, Brazil neglected the education of young people and adults as a transformative activity. From the 20th century onwards, Social Movements, NGO initiatives (Non-governmental Organizations) and Churches emerged that promoted educational practices and literacy campaigns. Thus, Youth and Adult Education (EJA) practices constitute an important layer in the field of reflection on pedagogy and history. When reflecting on the practices developed at EJA, at the Escola Cidadã Integral Professor Antônio Gomes, in the municipality of Bayeux (PB), one realizes the need to deepen the reflection on the scope of Paulo Freire's philosophical and educational perspective in his relationship with the mastery of reading, the development of writing, its articulation with new knowledge and its socio-transformative function. The research develops theoretical reflection, classroom observation, and analysis of daily school life with its various educational agents. Such experiences reveal the existence of EJA subjects, the gaps in the production process, sharing of knowledge and the need to implement a political-pedagogical project for the development of students in their various stages of learning.