Percepção de licenciandos em ciências biológicas sobre as diferenças metodológicas e desafios no ensino de biologia na Educação de Jovens e Adultos (eja), em uma escola pública do município de Santarém no Pará

Abstract

Youth and Adult Education (EJA) represents the teaching modality that is often the last opportunity for working young people and adults and/or fathers and mothers of families, to return to studies for a better position in the job market, and to have their rights to continue their studies guaranteed. On the other hand, the Institutional Teaching Initiation Scholarship Program (PIBID), a program that provides undergraduate students with the opportunity to experience the school context, even in the first years of training, and which can help graduate students to observe more closely the reality of teaching modalities offered by schools. In this study, undergraduates in Biological Sciences from the Federal University West of Pará, participants of Pibid responded about the characteristics of Youth and Adult Education (EJA), the methodologies observed, the challenges encountered in teaching Biology, in four Education classes of Young People and Adults (EJA) that they followed during the 2023 school year, in a public school in Santarém / Pará. The objective of the research is to investigate how future teachers understand the specific needs and characteristics of teaching biology for EJA, including their own experiences and difficulties when interacting in this environment. The results were obtained through semi-structured questionnaires with nine questions via Google forms. From the analysis of the students' perceptions, it was found that the characteristics of this teaching modality require differentiated teaching with appropriate teaching materials, better teacher training and adequate methodological support. Short time and tiredness can be one of the biggest challenges for EJA students, as they generally have other responsibilities, such as work, family and children to take care of. And, with regard to critical reflections on overcoming these challenges observed in biology teaching at EJA, they reported the importance of this teaching modality being included in degree curricula, as well as the implementation of more appropriate methodologies and diverse support materials. , which assist in greater learning and, some cited in their perspectives the development of incentive educational policies such as a permanent scholarship and the development of motivating pedagogical practices, in addition to motivational lectures for EJA students.