Educação de jovens e adultos: uma reflexão acerca da (EJA) na formação cidadã do aluno

Abstract

The present work is the result of a bibliographical, documentary and field research that has as its theme the Youth and Adult Education (EJA), seeking through this research to elucidate relevant issues of the educational context of this adult audience. The main points addressed in the present work are the political and historical context of (EJA) in Brazil, the situation of illiteracy of the adult population, with rates and rates still very high today, and the main point of the research is placed from the speeches of the agents that work and build the (EJA), being the teachers and students of a municipal school in Delmiro Gouveia - AL. And for the theoretical foundation of this work, authors such as Freire (2021), in his work Pedagogia do opprimido, also Gadotti (2014), Pinto (1984), Costa and Machado (2017), among other important authors that address the topic were used. of adult education, texts and periodicals were also used. In this way, the intention of the research aims to present a current panorama and with analyzes made from these authors and thinkers on the theme Education for Youth and Adults (EJA) in Brazil, a very relevant topic in the educational context of the country, which deserves and needs to receive a strong attention in the search to solve and overcome the barriers that hinder the execution of the offer of a quality education for this public still today.