Abstract

FERREIRA, Andresa Aparecida  and  MARTINELLI, Selma de Cássia. Students of Adult Education: Considerations on the profile and academic performance. Educ. Teoria Prática [online]. 2016, vol.26, n.52, pp.312-331. ISSN 1981-8106.  https://doi.org/10.18675/1981-8106.vol26.n52.p312-331.

This study was aimed to investigate the profile and academic performance of adults in the literacy process. The lack of empirical data on adult students, mainly those returning to not regular old program, is present in both the international and national literature. The study was conducted with students participating in the Educação de Jovens e Adultos - EJA, in public schools in a city of São Paulo state, Brazil. Sixty seven students participated responding a questionnaire and an academic assessment. The questionnaire was composed by questions related to sex, age and reasons for leaving and returning to school. For analysis purposes, participants were divided into three groups according to age: group 1 (14-24 years old); group 2 (27 to 38 old ) and group 3 (40 to 61 years old). For analysis process it was used descriptive and comparative statistics. The results showed that students, mostly discontinued studies due to work and returned to school in search of personal fulfillment. As the academic performance, students had low performance in writing and arithmetic and good performance in reading.

Keywords : Literacy; Academic Performance; Education of Youth and Adults.

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