O ensino médio na modalidade EJA: perfil de alunos e professores do ensino supletivo da UFPB

Abstract

This study has addressed questions and reflections related to the education of youth and adults, and tried to analyze the High School in this modality in the respective dimensions: the educational policies of the EJA, the reasons that led the students choose this teaching modality, possible difficulties encountered by that contingent in the disciplines and interaction young / adult, the vision of teachers in relation to the duality of generations, and the methodology used by them. The study had as research field the high school (supletivo) of the Federal University of Paraiba, UFPB, in the afternoon. In addition, for conducting this study was adopted as a methodological focus the ethnographic character research, because its scientific inquiry brings contributions to the field of qualitative research interested in the study of inequality and social exclusion. I hope this work can contribute to the field of education of youths and adults in owing to the reflection of the different dimensions that compose this modality.