A compreensão da educação de jovens e adultos de Campos Lindos (TO) por meio de indicadores sociais e das narrativas de ex-alunos e dos profissionais da educação

Abstract

The study “Understanding Youth and Adult Education in Campos Lindos (TO) through social indicators and the narratives of alumni and education professionals” emphasizes a discussion with faces to understand the difficulties that lead working students who attend public schools, to take the decision to abandon Youth and Adult Education (EJA) to develop activities focused on the agribusiness of Campos Lindos (TO). The research has a quantitative and qualitative approach, with documentary analysis, semi-structured interviews as an instrument of data generation and the use of thematic cartography, having as a social category of analysis the former students of EJA, the education professionals who work / have worked at EJA and a resident of Campos Lindos. The text brings an approach on the contextual reality of Campos Lindos focused on the perspectives of agribusiness, as well as the discussion of the existing problems in the educational scenario, showing that education does not follow the economic development policies built for the municipality. In view of the discussion, the study shows that the methods used by the State for the way of conducting and administering education in Campos Lindos have favored the continuity of low social indicators, such as the Human Development Index (HDI) and the Development Index of Education (IDEB). The dissertation highlights a discussion on the HDI of Campos Lindos with the perspective of understanding the results of the variables that make up the indicator, thus making a comparison of the results with border municipalities and the main municipalities of Tocantins showing that they are the criteria aimed at education, specifically to the public who are of age to attend EJA, who are having negative results in the studied territory, thus proving that the problem is not the indicators, but the way of conducting education in Campos Lindos. At this juncture, the study elucidates that young people and adults who abandon EJA can be seen with the perspective of cooperating to improve these indicators, so that EJA's public policies are effectively experienced by education and schools that offer the modality in question. Campos Lindos (TO).