Abstract

PEREIRA, Antonio Serafim  and  TOSCAN, Tainá Silva Candido. Social representations of students with age-grade distortion about evening high school. Ensino em Re-Vista [online]. 2021, vol.28, e036.  Epub June 29, 2023. ISSN 1983-1730.  https://doi.org/10.14393/er-v28a2021-36.

This paper reports the study conducted in a state public school in southern Santa Catarina, with the objective of understanding the social representations of evening high school students in conditions of age-grade distortion. The procedures used for data collection were semi-structured interviews and the focus group. The obtained data led to the conclusion that the vulnerable economic situation of the students, associated with the school curriculum issues, triggers the age-grade distortion framework. In the students' statements was evidenced the representation of the school as a means of social mobility, focused on the logic of the market.

Keywords : Evening High School; Social representations; Age-grade distortion; Job.

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