Educação de jovens e adultos: um estudo sobre o abandono escolar na escola estadual Professora Alcides Rodrigues Aires, Porto Nacional, TO (2019 a 2022)

Abstract

This dissertation was developed in the Professional Master's course on Amazon Populations, PPGHispam, at the Federal University of Tocantins, on the Porto Nacional Campus. The general objective of the research was to analyze and understand the causes of school dropout in the EJA modality, 3rd Segment, at Escola Estadual Professora Alcides Rodrigues Aires, in the period from 2019 to 2022. Among the main reasons that lead young people to drop out of school, The need to work stands out as the determining factor. The research combines quantitative and qualitative approaches when analyzing school documents, such as the Pedagogical Political Project and the School Management System. The study is based on authors who discuss the topic, including: Paulo Freire, Miguel Gonzáles Arroyo, Maria Clara Di Pierro, Sergio Haddad, Claudia Regina de Paula and Marcia Cristina de Oliveira. Data collection to verify school dropout rates at that school was carried out using a questionnaire composed of structured, multiple-choice and open-ended questions, applied using the Google Forms tool. This questionnaire was sent to teachers, management team and students who enrolled and left the institution, during the research period, with a view to raising the profile of these students, with the aim of identifying the reasons that contributed to school abandonment. The research shows that dropout has been a significant challenge faced by the school under study. To analyze the data collected, we started from the considerations of authors who discuss the topic of school culture, including: Dominique Julia and João Barroso. Other situations are presented in the analysis of data taken from questionnaire responses. As a final product of the research, we propose a collaborative project involving the management team, teachers and students of Youth and Adult Education (3rd night segment), with the aim of developing institutional actions aimed at reducing school dropout and dropout rates, and consequently raising the level students' stay at school.