YOUTH AND ADULT EDUCATION AS A SOCIAL INSERTION TOOL

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.5582212215073

• Palavras-chave: Social ascent. schooling. Educational progress.

• Keywords: Social ascent. schooling. Educational progress.

• Abstract:

  The Youth and Adult Education - EJA, represents a leap towards the freedom of the human being, including him in the society that is in constant evolution. Therefore, it is essential to know the reasons that lead young people and adults to enroll in EJA. We hypothetically believe that dropping out of school as a teenager is related to the need to work. This study aimed to investigate the reasons that led young adults to attend EJA in a public school in the city of Piracicaba/SP; assess what changes the EJA brought to the social life of these graduates and; what is the contribution that this training has brought to them in the insertion in the job market. The population studied was composed of men and women aged between 23 and 60 years old. Questionnaires were prepared that were answered and information was extracted. Work and teenage pregnancy were the main reasons given for dropping out of the school environment. It was observed that the EJA was fundamental in the process of changes that occurred in the lives of these people, with significant changes in the area of ​​activity in the labor market. Many changed professions after completing the EJA. And most importantly, they continued to study beyond high school, either in a technical course or even in a higher education course. Education provided the development of their critical system and inserted them into the social context, leaving the past of exclusion and inaccessibility to school environments, enabling personal and professional growth.

• Número de páginas: 10