Abstract

EITERER, Carmem Lucia; DIAS, Jacqueline D'arc  and  COURA, Marina. Aspects of women's schooling in EJA. Perspectiva [online]. 2014, vol.32, n.1, pp.161-180. ISSN 0102-5473.  https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-795X.2014v32n1p161.

Starting from a qualitative research conducted through interviews with 14 women who are mothers of small children and who also are enrolled in the Education for Youngsters and Adults primary school in two renowned and traditional education institutions (public and private) in Belo Horizonte, this work discusses aspects relating to schooling and its effects in the family household. Considering the division by gender of the housework tasks in the Brazilian Society, this work debates the overload imposed upon the working mother, examines her schooling condition, her relation to her children's schooling and the family's writing culture. It's evident as a result, the negotiation effort they undertake to ensure their ability to enroll in school and the difficulties they face to monitor the education of the children in his triple condition of mother, worker and student.

Keywords : Gender; Adult's Education; Writing Culture.

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