Da alfabetização à escolarização: busca pela continuidade dos estudos de egressos do Programa Brasil Alfabetizado/Fortaleza Alfabetizada

Abstract

The present thesis is inserted in the field of Youth and Adult Education and aims to analyze from the perspective of the graduates of the Programa Brasil Alfabetizado / Fortaleza Alfabetizada, as the continuation of studies by the students of the EJA in their schooling process, in Fortaleza. The research focused on the following question: how did the Programa Brasil Alfabetizado / Fortaleza Alfabetizada motivate its students to continue their studies in the EJA? The study presented as main theorists Paulo Freire, Hugo Lovisolo, Sérgio Haddad, Moacir Gaddotti, Maria Clara Di Pierro, Eliane Dayse Pontes Furtado, discussing EJA; And contributions of the Marxist referential to the understanding of the investigated phenomenon, among which are Gramsci and Konder. Methodologically, the research is based on a qualitative approach, such as multisite studies, using procedures that allow the apprehension of the dynamics of reality, recovering as many determinations as possible, such as participant observation, semi-structured interview and questionnaire. The perspective of using these strategies of approximation with reality was to recover both the reasons that led the newly literate to continue their studies, and the representations they have about education and teaching. Thus, in this search, the life trajectories of these subjects centered, identifying and analyzing the elements that motivated them to continue studying. The research found that the reasons that led the students to continue their studies in the EJA exceeded the perspective of improving the knowledge of school, covering other aspects, among which stand out: interest in learning more, to talk and understand what you read, Keep your mind occupied, improve reading and writing skills, get a job and have access to a job, interest in learning to use the computer, the internet and being happy.