NARRATIVES OF EJA TEACHERS: REFLECTIONS ON TRAINING AND LIFE
Teacher education. Narrative Research. Teaching Pratices.
This work aims to analyze the narratives of Youth and Adult Education (EJA) teachers about their training to work in the modality. To achieve this objective, a narrative research approach was used, using the focus group as a data collection instrument. Five teachers from a school in the city of Teotônio Vilela, in Alagoas, participated in the research. As a theoretical reference, studies by the authors Arroyo (2006, 2013, 2017), Camargo (2017), Di Pierro (2006), Fernandes (2016), Nóvoa (1992), Saviani (2005), Ventura (2020), among others. These authors investigate aspects of the construction of the teaching identity, in addition to contextualizing this analysis for EJA. In addition, the theoretical framework supports that the narrative can offer training opportunities, helping in the process of building the teaching identity. The results highlighted the challenges faced by the teacher-narrators and their resilience in the face of difficulties, reinforcing the importance of teacher training in EJA and the need for investments in this area. In addition, the importance of addressing the political dimension in EJA was highlighted, promoting student awareness and empowerment. The narratives of the EJA teachers participating in this research show that training to work in this modality occurs mainly through the exchange of experiences among school colleagues, in living as a teacher in this modality and very little is obtained from the initial or continued training of institutional form.