Práticas de letramento na educação de jovens e adultos: uma reflexão sobre o curso Proeja de desenho de construção civil do Instituto Federal de Sergipe

Abstract

This work constitutes a ethnographic research, developed under the theoretical methodological perspective of LA. The study object was the literacy practices of students graduating in PROEJA, targets young people and adults, in the area of Design Construction. Its general purpose was to reflect on the process of literacy of these students, and from this, it was traced the following specific objectives: to examine if the practices of reading and writing submitted by the school are related to the everyday practices of reading and writing skills of students; investigate if, during the course, there was a change in the practice of meaningful use of reading and writing of PROEJA students and what were these changes; analyze the conceptions of reading and writing that students, the research subjects, expressed in their statements. The data analysis was guided by studies of literacy and showed that the daily life of these students are placed various literacy practices, performed satisfactorily in such areas as religion, home, work and sport, although most have classified negatively their knowledge about reading and writing, always relating them to school knowledge. This is due, according to survey data, the power of the school in relation to other agencies of literacy.