Sobre importâncias, motivações e conquistas: a Educação de Jovens e Adultos, EJA, em uma escola pública no município de Marabá/PA

Abstract

This paper aims to reflect on Youth and Adult Education (YAE), identifying the factors involved in the non-permanence in school by these individuals in a public school in the city of Marabá/PA. We propose a reflection on the teacher-student relationship in the teaching and learning process, identifying the importance of educational practices in the motivations and achievements for these students to stay in school, discussing methods to help minimize school dropout. The research took place at Escola Municipal de Ensino Fundamental Martinho Motta da Silveira, in the 1st and 2nd grades with students and teachers of the YAE. The research method was based on a qualitative approach, due to the interest in getting into the context of the researched phenomenon. The procedures for data collection were given, first, through a bibliographic research, which guided the search for answers to the problem through articles, books, periodicals, Internet, etc. Authors such as Paulo Freire, Marques and Carvalho, Zabala, among others, provided the theoretical basis for the work. Then, through a field research with open questions that showed us that these students live in a constant coming and going to school, that the main factors of dropout are linked to work and the lack of incentives and motivations. The investigation showed the importance of the relationship between the teacher and his educational practices with the reality of these students, understanding the various reasons for absences and dropouts, helping them to stay in school and be successful.