Continuar a aprender: entre o desafio e a realidade da EJA nos dias atuais

Abstract

This research, entitled “Keep learning: Between the challenge and reality of EJA in the present day”, was developed together with a group of EJA alphabetization (Cycle I), located in a municipal school in João Pessoa, in order to analyze the factors that contribute to the permanence of EJA students in school, mapping the students expectations to complete the course and trying to understand the role and importance of educational pedagogical practice and scholastic for students permanence. We conducted a qualitative study in a classroom where the alphabetization cycle was in the initial process, through observations, semi- structured interviews with teacher, managers and learners. Thus, we could verify that the pedagogical action of the teacher apparently consolidate a practice of traditional features, with emphasis on activities that aimed the acquisition of skills in reading, writing and arithmetic.