CONTINUED EDUCATION OF TEACHERS OF EDUCATION OF YOUTH AND ADULTS- FIELD IN ITABUNA-BAHIA

Abstract

The present article is a result of a research in the Professional Master in Education of the Santa Cruz State University (UESC), its main objective is to analyze the Continuing Education of Young and Adults teachers that act in rural areas in the municipality of Itabuna-Bahia, seeking to understand Continuing Education and the teaching work developed these teachers. The collaborating subjects of this work were teachers and pedagogical coordinators and it was focused on the following question: Does the Continuing Education offered by Itabuna's municipal education network meet the specifics of the educators of the Youth and Adult educators? This study was based on Dialectical Historical Materialism. Among the authors that served as subsidies, the following stand out: Mészáros, (2008), Freitas (2002), Saviani (2003), Arroyo (2009) Freire (2005) and Caldart (2003). Moreover, to explain the methodological basis, we seek contributions in Kosik (1976), Cheptulin (2004) and Gatti (2012). The methodological approach adopted in this research follows a qualitative-quantitative approach of an exploratory nature, based on the participant research. In this sense questionnaires were applied as well as were realized semi-structured interviews with the respondents. After analyzing the data, the results showed that the municipality does not have a local Continuous Training proposal specific for teachers who work at EJA-Campo.