A Geografia na educação de jovens e adultos trabalhadores em Mamanguape: percurso histórico e práticas atuais

Abstract

The objective of this study is to analyze the importance of geography to working students in youth and adults education (EJA) classes. The bibliographical research of relevant literature and documentations was jointly conducted with the department of education in the city of Mamanguape and in the estate of Paraiba in order to find sources that would allow us to understand the conception of municipal education for adult education in general and for geography classes in particular. Thus, we discuss how the geography has been treated in the type of education project. Our methodology included an investigation of the literature relevant to the empirical research. The group under study comprised 7th and 8th grade EJA classes in the Colonel José Castor do Rêgo Municipal Elementary School the city of Mamanguape. We selected five students, chosen because they are workers for whom we used a semi structured interviews focusing on particular geographic category of place and the crosscutting theme for labor in order to achieve our goal. After analyzing the results, we reached the conclusion that students recognize the importance of geography course for their civic education. However, there were some problems, regarding the implementation of adult education mode for this group. These issues are discussed throughout this dissertation.