Submitted by Geandra Rodrigues (geandrar@gmail.com) on 2018-03-19T17:47:08Z No. of bitstreams: 1 algemiroferreiralimafilho.pdf: 2744781 bytes, checksum: c8eefa873c1c115bfa6c108c3d8759c3 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2018-03-21T13:39:51Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 algemiroferreiralimafilho.pdf: 2744781 bytes, checksum: c8eefa873c1c115bfa6c108c3d8759c3 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-03-21T13:39:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 algemiroferreiralimafilho.pdf: 2744781 bytes, checksum: c8eefa873c1c115bfa6c108c3d8759c3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-12-20 / A presente dissertação é desenvolvida no âmbito do Mestrado Profissional em Gestão e Avaliação da Educação (PPGP) do Centro de Políticas Públicas e Avaliação da Educação da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (CAED/UFJF). Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar o processo de formação dos gestores escolares no interior do Amazonas, com base no programa Escola de Gestores da Educação Pública, e a sua relação com a gestão e organização escolar. Para tanto, busca-se identificar as possíveis implicações do distanciamento entreas aprendizagens provenientes da formaçãocontinuadacom o modo de conduzir a gestão e organização escolar pelos gestores. Assumimos a hipótese de que os processos formativos ofertados via SEDUC/AM aos gestores escolares têm relação direta com sua atuação no âmbito das escolas.Conforme foi observado in loco, o não fazer do gestor em determinados aspectos evidencia o distanciamento existente entre a formação e a organização da escola. Portanto, justifica-se a importância deste estudo por possibilitar maior compreensão de como se traduz e se concretiza ou não essa relação do apreendido com as atividades práticas no cerne da escola, fundamentalmente na parte administrativa. A pesquisaé de naturezaqualitativa, caracterizada como estudo de caso descritivo. O processo de investigação foi subsidiado nos estudos feitos por: Heloisa Lück (2000/2005), que discorre sobre a formação do gestor escolar os desafios impostos à gestão escolar Libâneo (2009), que aborda aspectos relacionados à organização da escola e sua gestão; Gracindo (2009), que discorre sobre a gestão escolar com foco na essência do processo educativo. A metodologia do tipo qualitativafoi constituída com pesquisa bibliográfica e documental inicialmente e, posteriormente, com a realização de entrevista coletiva junto aos gestores egressos do programa Escola de Gestores da Educação Pública oriundos de municípios diversos do Amazonas. A pesquisa mostrou que, embora os momentos de formação promovidos pela SEDUC sejam de grande valia para a organização do trabalho do gestor escolar, é necessário que o macrossistema os veja como protagonistas dos processos formativos de modo que tenham participação ativa na elaboração das propostas, haja vista que a tendência sempre recai para uma abordagem mais pedagógica da atuação do gestor e as demandas administrativas e organizacionais da escola requerem atenção igualitária. Evidenciou-se, ainda, que as escolas do interior, dadas as suas peculiaridades geográficas, clamam por um olhar mais direcionado e específico às demandas locais, bem como agilidade no processo comunicativo para fins de resolução das problemáticas advindas do cotidiano escolar. Portanto, convém proporcionar aos gestores escolares maior participação nos processos decisórios referentes à formulação de propostas de formação, bem como quanto às demandas emergenciais da escola. Para tanto, propomos um PAE que fortaleça a ação gestora e estabeleça a relação dos processos formativos dos gestores com a forma de gestão e de organização escolar. / This master's thesis was developed at the Professional Graduate Program in Management and Evaluation of Public Education (PPGP) of the Center for Public Policies and Evaluation of Education at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (CAEd/UFJF). This work aims to analyze the education process of school managers in the interior of the Amazonas State, based on the School of Public Education Managers program, and its relationship with school management and organization. In order to do so, it seeks to identify the possible implications of the gap between the training received from the aforementioned continuing education program and the way school management and organization is performed by the managers. Our hypothesis is that the education processes offered through SEDUC/AM to school managers are directly related to their performance within schools. As observed in loco, the manager's “not doing” attitude in certain aspects evidences the distance between the education received by the managers and the actual organization of the school. Therefore, the relevance of this study is justified because it allows a greater understanding of how the relationship between the school practical activities and the knowledge acquired through the program is, or is not, materialized at the heart of the school, mainly in the administrative part. This research is qualitative in nature, characterized as a descriptive case study. The research process was based on the studies carried out by: Heloisa Lück (2000/2005), which discusses the training of school managers and the challenges imposed on school management; Libâneo (2009), which deals with aspects related to school organization and management; Gracindo (2009), which deals with school management focusing on the essence of the education process. The qualitative methodology adopted in this study relied, initially, on bibliographical and documentary research and, later, on collective interview with the managers who graduated from the School of Public Education Managers program, coming from different municipalities of the Amazonas State. The research showed that, although the training moments promoted by SEDUC are of great value for the organization of the school manager’s work, it is necessary that the macrosystem sees them as protagonists of the training processes so that they have an active participation in the elaboration of the proposals, since the tendency is to focus on a more pedagogical approach to the manager's performance while the administrative and organizational demands of the school require equal attention. This study also provided evidence that the schools in the interior municipalities, given their geographical peculiarities, call for a more direct and specific look at the local demands, as well as agility in the communicative process in order to solve the problems arising from the daily operations of a school. Therefore, it is appropriate to provide school managers with a greater participation in the decision-making processes regarding the formulation of training proposals, as well as the emergency demands of the school. Therefore, we propose an Educational Action Plan (PAE) that strengthens the management action and establishes the relation of the training processes of the managers to the form of management and organization of the school.

"The purpose of this study is to show how the educational opportunities of the children of Foard County can be improved...The educational data pertaining to the present organization of the schools of Foard County were obtained in the following manner: (1) by making a careful study of the enumeration, the enrollment, the average daily attendance, the size of the schools according to the number of grades taught, the grade distribution of the pupils, the enrollment of the pupils, the length of the school term, and the annual cost per per pupil. (2) By making a study of the teacher personnel of Foard County and of the number of teachers employed according to average attendance. (3) By investigating the tax rate for school support (4) By making a study of bus transportation, and road conditions of Foard County. (5) By making a study of the bonded indebtedness, total financial support, and total disbursement for each school of Foard County "-- leaf 1.

Religious education (RE) is one of eight mandatory courses in upper secondary school in Sweden, due to the curriculum of GY11. It has a broad and extent content in comparison to its limited educational time, giving an indication that RE teachers need to make strategic didactical choices. This study focuses on lifting the RE teachers’ own voices by finding out situations where they describe a need of making didactical choices, what didactical choices they end up doing and what motivates those choices. Based on grounded theory, five qualitative interviews with RE teachers in upper secondary school has been interpreted and extracted as the empirical basis of the presented result. The results connect the situations of choices with the decision basis and didactic choices, where the final didactical choice can be understood from the two other factors. The result also leads on to three aspects of decision basis: the student, the teacher, and the organization of school. Thus, the result should be interacted with contemporary studies, as it only aims to be comprehended as one perspective, opening for and hopefully inspiring to further research.

The purpose of this study was to explore how teachers and special educators wished to organize education in a Swedish city´s upper secondary school system in order to reach all admitted students. The purpose was also to identify what pedagogical needs of students and school staff that teachers and special educators enquire for in order to fulfil these goals. Presenting the study, its settings, its author, its purpose and research questions, the introduction and background chapters revolve around considerations regarding “a school for all”. Special educational organising principles in the city of inquiry are outlined, as well as special educational perspectives from research and school debate. Dichotomic views on how to reach a school for all are presented. Modern perspectives problematizing and striving to go beyond such dichotomy concludes the background chapter. The research area concerns students’ social and academical goal fulfilment, teachers’ social professional role, and school organization. Outlining these research areas, a sample of six studies, consisting of international and Swedish studies from 1999 to 2020, are presented. Ontologically, a symbolic interactionist perspective in relation to the study’s purpose led to a reflexive approach, using semi-structured interviews and interpretative analysis. Interviews were held with three teachers and two special educators. Several aspects of research ethics were seen as having affected methodological choices and the study as a whole. Reflexive analysis, and theorizing from a symbolic interactionist perspective regarding interview participants intentions, led to results presented under the themes participation, communication, and learning. Several dilemmas appear as possible obstacles in reaching what’s interpreted as intended outcomes. Dilemmas are described with inspiration from Nilholms (2020) description of the Dilemma Perspective. As the results showed several similarities between teachers’ and special educators’ views are, conclusions are presented as a whole. Conclusions mainly show that the participants wish to strengthen the employment of communicative relational practices in school. Similarities with the Communicative Relational Perspective described by Ahlberg (2015) are noted. Dilemmas relating to implementing such practices are viewed in relation to different social and organizational levels. Pedagogical needs intended to be fulfilled are concluded as the need to feel secure, through maintaining personal integrity, mutual respect and reciprocity in teacher-student as well as school staff relationships, to facilitate participation and learning. Suggestions for future research include looking more closely at dilemmas related to achieving “a school for all”, as well as inquiring more directly regarding students’ perspectives and needs relating to the same subject, and performing further studies related to the practices outlined in the Communicative Relational Perspective.

This study has investigated teachers’ apprehensions of interdisciplinary collaborations, education related to sustainable development and their conditions in education. When interviewing teachers, working in the vocational programmes in upper secondary schools in Sweden, the apprehensions illuminate diversity in how schools approach and implement aims and requirements in the curricula. Apprehensions of interdisciplinarity and sustainable development reflect content and methods in the classroom.The main purpose of the thesis is to study how teachers apprehend interdisciplinary education and the relation to education on sustainable development. The second part of the study aims to identify teachers’ apprehensions of the conditions for interdisciplinary approaches in education.The results show the connections and relations between apprehensions of interdisciplinary approaches, school organization and the ability to implement education for sustainable development in the classroom. Deliberation, participation, time and distance are essential for the planning and implementation process. Teachers’ knowledge in school subjects as well as an understanding for connections between different fields of knowledge is also essential. A team teacher organization as well as support from headmasters, are framing conditions for an open climate which enables meeting each other across disciplinary borders and barriers. Interdisciplinary collaborations in education are mostly described in terms of multidisciplinary approaches, with additive knowledge development. This often means that students are left to identify connections between subjects themselves. Some collaborations are, however, described with more enthusiasm. This study identifies a relationship between integration level and collaborations that are described as successful. In the field of education for sustainable development (ESD) a holistic view is essential to be able to identify the complex relations between man and nature. In terms of education related to sustainable development, the ecological dimension is the most associated dimension among teachers in this study, while the sociological and economical dimensions in general, are implicit. Concerning the environmental education traditions, many apprehensions in this study can be related to a fact-based tradition as well as a normative tradition.To be able to categorize apprehensions in the third tradition (education for sustainable development), abilities as emancipation and transformation have to be more explicit in the learning process.

Denna studie undersöker vilken inkluderingsstrategi lärare använder sig av i matematikundervisningen. Studien lyfter fram viktiga faktorer kring inkluderingstrategier som berörs ute i skolverksamheterna. Studiens frågeställningar lyder: Vilken, om någon, inkluderingsstrategi använder sig lärare av för att inkludera elever som befinner sig i matematiksvårigheter? Och På vilket sätt uttrycker sig inkludering utifrån dynamisk-, deltagande- och innehållsinkludering? För att besvara frågeställningarna har en kvantitativ studie genomförts, där en webbenkät användes. Enkäten bestod av 14 kvantitativa frågor med kvalitativa inslag. Enkäten besvarades av 62 respondenter. Respondenternas svar analyserades därefter utifrån Roos (2019) tre teoretiska inkluderingsbegrepp. Studiens resultat visar att deltagandeinkludering och innehållsinkludering genererade en större mängd empiri då en övervägande del respondenter befinner sig på den positiva sidan av likertsskalan. Detta tyder på att läraren alternativ pedagog har ett aktivt förhållningssätt utifrån påståendets innebörd. Å andra sidan finns det resultat som pekar på motsatsen, vilket tolkas som att aktivt förhållningssätt saknas. Inkludering är ett stort begrepp med olika betydelser som i denna studie behandlar dynamisk, innehålls och deltagande inkludering. Att skapa en inkluderande matematikundervisning för elever som är i matematiksvårighet kan möjliggöra för integration av nya matematiska begrepp, uttryck och gemenskap i olika kontexter. I svenska Akademins ordlista (SAOL) förklaras verbet inkludera “att räkna med”, vilket exempelvis är att ingå i viss grupp. Detta till skillnad från motsatsen som innebär utesluta, exkludera någon från att delta i olika gruppkonstellationer. / This study examines which inclusion strategy teachers use in mathematics teaching. The study highlights important factors surrounding inclusion strategies that are affected in school activities. The study's questions are: What, if any, inclusion strategy does teachers use to include students who have math difficulties? And In what way is inclusion expressed based on Roo's (2016) inclusion strategies? To answer the questions, a quantitative study has been conducted, where a web survey was used. The survey consisted of fourteen quantitative questions with qualitative elements. Sixtytwo respondents answered the survey. The respondents' answers were then analyzed based on Roos' (2019) three theoretical concepts of inclusion. The results of the study show that participation inclusion and content inclusion generated a greater amount of empirical evidence as a majority of respondents are on the right side of the Likert scale. This indicates that the teacher alternative pedagogue has an active approach based on the meaning of the statement. On the other hand, there are results that point to the opposite, which is interpreted as a lack of an active approach. Inclusion is a big concept with different meanings which in this study deals with dynamic, content & participatory inclusion

Purpose: The aim of this essay and its contribution to research is to identify the opportunities, pitfalls, and dilemmas that can arise when inclusive education is organized with regard to students with ASC. In order to create more understanding of the situation for students with ASC in schools, the study focus on school leadership. Sub-studies: The essay consists of two studies. In the first study (1) the aim was to identify, describe, and analyze different research approaches to inclusive education and social participation for students with ASC, by performing a systematic research review. In the second study (2) principals of Swedish schools were interviewed, data collection was divided into three sets of interviews based on and using two models as tools in the analysis process. The models are the Index of Inclusion (Ainscow &amp; Booth 2002) and three key concepts for inclusive school leadership (European Agency of Special Needs and Inclusive Education 2018; Óskarsdottir et al. 2020). Theory: A dialectical approach (Clark, Dyson &amp; Millward 1995; 1998) or the dilemma perspective (Nilholm 2003) have been used as a theoretical lens. This approach aims to provide a dynamic and abductive reasoning for the overall analysis in the essay, since inclusive education appears to create dilemmas when societal cultures and norms, bureaucracy, and structures meet. The analysis demonstrates that inclusive processes appear as dilemma-creating at different levels in the system and addresses democracy in terms of social justice. Method: Crystallization is a term that relates to the practice of using multiple data sources and results, research approaches and lenses (Ellingson 2008; Tracy 2010), which leads to a more complex understanding being opened up in the overall analysis. Knowledge contribution: Inclusion is mainly interpreted as the students’ experience of being socially accepted and having access to academic education and the curriculum. Principals’ feeling of loneliness in relation to their superiors—they need to fight for their students and their staff against decisionmakers higher up in the education system hierarchy. At the same time, it is noted that principals have agreat deal of freedom in their practice, but the issue of communication needs to be raised and support for principals is important. A discussion is needed about whose perspective is the prevailing one in decisionmaking processes in schools and in the school system. Limitations: The data collection of the second study (2) took place via virtual meetings due to the pandemic. Virtual meetings are limited by the lack of being able to observe the interviewee's body language and nonverbal communication, as well as a small sample of respondents. These limitations affect the essay in general and thus to some extent reduce the possibility of generalizing the results. Practical implications: This essay can contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of the inclusion concept in relation to students with ASC. It can potentially initiate forums for further discussions on the working conditions of principals in relation to their responsibilities and the expectations placed upon them. In addition, to conduct a continuous discussion about the importance of authenticity and accountability for all professionals in the school and its stakeholders. Development and improvement of structures that facilitate the inclusion of the student voice in decision-making processes are also seen as important. / <p>Incorrect ISBN in publication: 987-91-7877-319-0 (print), 987-91-7877-320-6 (pdf)  </p>

本研究旨在探討竹苗區國民中學教師知覺校長願景領導、學校組織氣氛與學校效能之關係。為達研究目的，首先蒐集相關文獻資料加以探討分析，瞭解校長願景領導、學校組織氣氛與學校效能之內涵，以建立本研究架構之理論基礎，及問卷編製的依據。在實證研究上採調查研究法，以竹苗區公立國民中學教師為樣本對象，採「分層隨機抽樣」方式，進行研究資料的蒐集，共發出600份問卷，有效問卷582份，回收可用率達97.0%。問卷回收後，分別以描述性統計、t考驗、單因子變異數分析、皮爾遜積差相關及逐步多元迴歸等進行統計分析。 綜合文獻探討及調查研究結果，本研究獲致研究結論如下： 一、竹苗區國中教師知覺校長願景領導屬於中高程度，其中以「願景的發展與宣導」層面最佳。 二、竹苗區國中教師知覺學校組織氣氛屬於中高程度，其中以「教師承諾行為」層面最佳。 三、竹苗區國中教師知覺學校效能屬中高程度，其中以「有效的教學品質」層面最佳。 四、在「校長願景領導」方面，不同「學校位置」背景變項之國中教師，知覺校長願景領導有顯著差異。 五、在「學校組織氣氛」方面，不同「性別」、「現任職務」、任職學校「校長性別」及「學校位置」背景變項之教師，知覺學校組織氣氛有顯著差異。 六、在「學校效能」方面，不同「學校規模」及「學校位置」背景變項之教師，知覺學校效能有顯著差異。 七、竹苗區國中校長願景領導與學校組織氣氛具有顯著相關。 八、竹苗區國中校長願景領導與學校效能具有顯著相關。 九、竹苗區國中學校組織氣氛與學校效能具有顯著相關。 十、竹苗區國中校長願景領導與學校組織氣氛對學校效能具有顯著預測作用。 根據以上研究結果，提出具體建議，提供教育行政機關、學校行政及教師未來相關研究之參考。 / The overall objective of this study is to estimate the associations among the principal’s visionary leadership, school organization climate, and school effectiveness in Hsinchu and Miaoli junior high schools. To achieve the research purposes, a literature review was conducted to understand the principal’s visionary leadership, school organization climate and school effectiveness, and then to establish the fundamental theory of this study and develop questionnaires. This is a cross-sectional survey study using stratified random sampling design. The study recruited teachers in Hsinchu and Miaoli areas public junior high schools. A sample of junior high school teachers in Hsinchu and Miaoli areas, stratified random sampling, issued a total of 600 parts, 582 valid questionnaires, the effective rate of 97.0% questionnaires. The collected data was analyzed by descriptive analyses, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson product-moment correlation, and multiple stepwise regression analysis. The main findings of the study include： 1.Moderate-high teacher’s perceptions of the principal’s visionary leadership were shown, and “development and propaganda of the vision” had the highest level. 2.Moderate-high teacher’s perceptions of the school organization climate were shown, and “teacher’s commitment behaviors” had the highest level. 3.Moderate-high teacher’s perceptions of the school effectiveness were shown, and “effective teaching quality” had the highest level. 4.School location showed significant effect on teacher’s perceptions of the principal’s visionary leadership. 5.Teacher’s gender, current position, principal’s gender, and school location showed significant effects on teacher’s perceptions of the school organization climate. 6.School scale and location showed significant effects on teacher’s perceptions of the school effectiveness. 7.Principal’s visionary leadership and school organization climate were positively correlated. 8.Principal’s visionary leadership and school effectiveness were positively correlated. 9.School organization climate and school effectiveness were positively correlated. 10.Principal’s visionary leadership and school organization climate were significant predictors of school effectiveness. According to the above research conclusions, the suggestions are proposed to be used as reference by educational institutions, school administrative units, and teachers in the future.

The content of this thesis is an analysis of crisis preparedness organizations in the field of education. It consists of a theoretical - methodological part and a practical part. The theoretical part discusses the specifics and peculiarities of crisis management, and analyzes the objectives and nature of crisis preparedness organizations of this type. The practical part presents the current research shows the strengths and weaknesses, as well as the threats and opportunities, which significantly limits the status and level of crisis preparedness of schools surveyed. The penultimate section focuses on the design methodology to ensure crisis preparedness in schools. Conclusion then summarizes and evaluates the investigation. For the sake of better illustration is the work of the Annex attached to the issue more closely.

Esta pesquisa analisa e compara modelos atuais de organização de escolas voltadas para atender exclusivamente jovens e adultos com baixa escolaridade. Para isso, recorreu-se à modalidade de pesquisa qualitativa, conhecida como estudo de casos múltiplos. A pesquisa emergiu da constatação de que apesar dos avanços no plano legal e nas políticas educacionais das últimas décadas, persiste, no Brasil, uma expressiva demanda potencial para a Educação de Pessoas Jovens e Adultos (EPJA), posta à margem pelo sistema público de ensino, além do declínio no número de matrículas e de persistirem os altos índices de abandono dos estudantes desta modalidade. A tese sustenta que um dos principais motivos para tal paradoxo é a rigidez da organização escolar que dificulta o atendimento da diversidade presente na EPJA e a persistência do paradigma da educação compensatória, que sustenta práticas pouco condizentes com o perfil do público jovem e adulto. Com base em evidências de pesquisas anteriores, a investigação opera com a hipótese de que escolas organizadas para atender exclusivamente a EPJA respondem de modo mais apropriado às necessidades e condições de aprendizagem deste grupo social e geracional, ao invés dos cursos noturnos oferecidos em escolas organizadas para atender prioritariamente crianças e adolescentes. Para verificar tal hipótese, o estudo foi desenvolvido em três centros públicos: o Centro Integrado de Educação de Jovens e Adultos (CIEJA) Marlúcia Gonçalves de Abreu, localizado na Zona Leste da cidade de São Paulo; o Centro Municipal de Ensino Fundamental e Educação de Jovens e Adultos (CEMEFEJA) Paulo Freire, situado no centro da cidade de Campinas, e a Escola de Adultos La Verneda-Sant Martí, localizada no bairro Sant Martí, em Barcelona, Espanha. Os estudos de caso seguiram um protocolo comum a partir do qual foram levantados os seguintes aspectos em cada uma das instituições: perfil socioeconômico e cultural dos educandos; perfil dos educadores em relação às condições de trabalho e oportunidades de formação continuada; as instalações físicas; a assistência aos estudantes; o currículo e as propostas pedagógicas; a flexibilidade da organização dos tempos e espaços de aprendizagem; a gestão escolar; o comportamento das matrículas, o fluxo e o rendimento escolar, bem como os índices de certificação. O estudo revelou que o fato de estarem focados nas questões que circundam as especificidades da EJA favorece a flexibilidade para atender de modo mais satisfatório as necessidades e possibilidades deste público de acessar e permanecer na escola, o que não impede que algumas práticas pedagógicas e de gestão recaiam no paradigma da educação compensatória, sobretudo nos casos do CIEJA e do CEMEFEJA, com exceção feita à Escola de Adultos La Verneda-Sant Martí, pois ela se aproxima da concepção de educação permanente, ao longo da vida, em perspectiva crítica, sobretudo em relação à gestão, realizada por duas associações dirigidas por estudantes, com participação paritária de toda a comunidade escolar e do entorno. / The research analyses and compares current organization models of schools dedicated exclusively to the attend of young people and adults with low schooling. This research came from the observation that despite advances in the legal and educational policies of the last decades, there remains a huge potential demand for Youth and Adult Education (EJA - Educação de Jovens e Adultos -), which is not being covered by the public school system, in contrast , there has been a decline in the number of enrollments and the high dropout rates of students of this modality persist. The thesis argues that one of the main reasons for this paradox is the rigidity of school organization which makes it difficult to attend to the diversity present in the EJA and the persistence of the compensatory education paradigm, which supports practices that are inconsistent with the profile of young and adult public. Based on evidence from previous researches, this research works with the hypothesis that schools that are organized to attend exclusively the EJA respond more appropriately to the needs and learning conditions of this social and generational group than the evening courses offered in schools that are organized to attend primarily children and adolescents. To verify this hypothesis, the study was developed in three public centers: the Integrated Center for Youth and Adult Education (CIEJA - Centro Integrado de Educação de Jovens e Adultos) Marlúcia Gonçalves de Abreu, located in the East Zone of the city of São Paulo; the Municipal Center of Elementary Education and Youth and Adult Education (CEMEFEJA - Centro Municipal de Ensino Fundamental e Educação de Jovens e Adultos) Paulo Freire, located in the center of the city of Campinas and the La Verneda-Sant Martí Adult School, located in the Sant Martí neighborhood in Barcelona, Spain. The case studies followed a common protocol from which the following aspects were raised in each of the institutions: the students\' socioeconomic and cultural profile; the teachers\' profile regarding working conditions and opportunities for continuing education; the physical facilities; the student assistance; the curriculum and pedagogical proposals; the flexibility of the organization of learning times and spaces; the school management; the enrollments behavior, school flow and achievement, as well as certification rates. The study revealed that the fact that they are focused on the issues that surround the specificities of the EJA favors the flexibility to meet in a more satisfactory way the needs and possibilities of this public to access education and to remain in school, which does not prevent some pedagogical and management practices from falling into the compensatory education paradigm, especially in the cases of CIEJA and CEMEFEJA. Exception made to the La Verneda-Sant Martí Adult School which approaches the concept of lifelong education in a critical-emancipatory perspective, especially in relation to management, which is carried out by two student-led associations, with equal participation of the entire school community and the surrounding community.