A EDUCAÇÃO DE JOVENS E ADULTOS DESAFIOS E POSSIBILIDADES

Abstract

This study addressed youth and adult education and its challenges and possibilities, so it was guided by the following question: Are public policies aimed at Youth and Adult Education - EJA being consistent with the real needs presented by this target audience? Is the teaching staff in their daily practice achieving effectiveness in the actions performed? Thus, to seek to answer these questions, it was chosen as a major objective to reflect on the Education of Young People and Adults in the context of public policies developed and, the methodological path taken to achieve the objectives and reach an answer to the question presented was the bibliographic review and, whose information was collected in order to seek a basis and clarification if the public policies developed are meeting the real objectives and if they are really contemplating the target audience of EJA, being efficient and effective in their actions and purposes. In this way, the Google Scholar platform was chosen for data collection, a time frame was not defined and the descriptors used for the selection of articles were "youth, and adult education", "public policies", "youth education and adults, limits and possibilities”. “Education of young people and adults in teaching practice”. The search had a return of 35 articles, among which only 07 were selected because they were within the mentioned field of study. The study showed that much still needs to be done in relation to EJA so that it can really achieve its real goals. Keywords: Youth and Adult Education; Public Educational Policies; teaching practice.