O papel do professor na motivação dos studantes na Educação de Jovens e Adultos (EJA)

Abstract

The present research had as general objective to analyze the role of the teacher in the motivation of the students in the Education of Young and Adults (EJA) in a public school in Paraíba State. Thus, it was accomplished through qualitative and exploratory data in two classes of this school in modalities I, II, III and IV of the EJA cycle. Its development was through a semi-structured interview with 2 (two) teachers and also 5 (five) observations with both teachers and students. The production of data was done through a bibliographical and documentary survey and some authors of great value were used as theoretical references for this deepening, since they contributed a lot to this line of research, so the relevance of their studies are: Furtado, Gonçalves, Perine, Sobrinho & André, Brazil, Freire, Aragão, Saviani, and Kenski in order to develop a foundation and build better conditions for learning and motivation for teachers and students. It emerged from the analyzes, interviews and observations in these classes that a specific teacher at this school did not have the understanding of what would be motivation and thus did not develop in the classroom a transformative teaching for meaningful practice. We also note the precariousness and lack of investment by managers in the school infrastructure and the lack of appropriate training of teachers to deal with EJA students in a dynamic, conscious and motivating way.