Includes bibliographical references (p. 128-132).

A presente tese versa sobre a aprendizagem e a educação de adultos maduros e idosos, nas perspectivas teóricas de Paulo Freire e Peter Jarvis. Os objetivos da pesquisa foram conhecer e compreender o significado que os adultos maduros e idosos atribuem às suas aprendizagens e como percebem os elementos da não aprendizagem na participação das oficinas pedagógicas oferecidas ao grupo que compõe a ação extensionista, em uma Instituição de Ensino Superior, na cidade de Porto Alegre, RS. A tese apresenta dados sobre a longevidade, a fundamentação teórica sobre a educação de adultos nas perspectivas europeia e brasileira, tendo como foco as questões pertinentes a aprendizagem dos adultos maduros e idosos. Logo em seguida, apresenta a teoria de aprendizagem de Peter Jarvis e a teoria de conhecimento de Paulo Freire. Posto isso, propõe breve discussão sobre a gerontologia e as aproximações entre Paulo Freire e Peter Jarvis. A seguir, apresenta o grupo extensionista e sua historicidade. A postura investigativa deu-se pela Fenomenologia e os caminhos trilhados foram: a observação participante, seis entrevistas em profundidade, a análise das entrevistas e das observações realizadas, tendo como viés os pressupostos teóricos de Peter Jarvis e Paulo Freire, considerando a abordagem gerontológica. As considerações finais retratam as aproximações teóricas entre os dois autores e reafirmam que a aprendizagem ao longo da vida é imprescindível para o protagonismo dos adultos maduros e idosos em suas relações com o mundo. / The present thesis discusses the learning and education of mature adults and elderly people, from the theoretical perspectives of Paulo Freire and Peter Jarvis. The objectives of the research were to know and understand the meaning that mature adults and elderly people attribute to learnings and how they perceive the elements of nonlearning by participating in pedagogical workshops offered to the group which composed the extension action, in a Higher Education Institution, in the city of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State. The thesis presents data about longevity, about the theoretical rationale on education of adults in the European and Brazilian perspectives, focusing on the relevant questions to the learning of mature adults and elderly people. Then, it presents the learning theory of Peter Jarvis and the knowledge theory of Paulo Freire. Having said that, it proposes a brief discussion about gerontology and establishes some common ground between Paulo Freire and Peter Jarvis. Next, it presents the extension group and its historicity. The investigative attitude was provided through the Phenomenology and the paths taken were: the participative observation, six interviews in depth, the interviews analyses and the observations made, having as base the theoretical postulates of Peter Jarvis and Paulo Freire, considering the gerontological approach. The final considerations describe the common theoretical premises between the two authors, and reaffirm that learning throughout life is crucial for the protagonism of mature adults and elderly people in their relations with the world.

A presente tese versa sobre a aprendizagem e a educação de adultos maduros e idosos, nas perspectivas teóricas de Paulo Freire e Peter Jarvis. Os objetivos da pesquisa foram conhecer e compreender o significado que os adultos maduros e idosos atribuem às suas aprendizagens e como percebem os elementos da não aprendizagem na participação das oficinas pedagógicas oferecidas ao grupo que compõe a ação extensionista, em uma Instituição de Ensino Superior, na cidade de Porto Alegre, RS. A tese apresenta dados sobre a longevidade, a fundamentação teórica sobre a educação de adultos nas perspectivas europeia e brasileira, tendo como foco as questões pertinentes a aprendizagem dos adultos maduros e idosos. Logo em seguida, apresenta a teoria de aprendizagem de Peter Jarvis e a teoria de conhecimento de Paulo Freire. Posto isso, propõe breve discussão sobre a gerontologia e as aproximações entre Paulo Freire e Peter Jarvis. A seguir, apresenta o grupo extensionista e sua historicidade. A postura investigativa deu-se pela Fenomenologia e os caminhos trilhados foram: a observação participante, seis entrevistas em profundidade, a análise das entrevistas e das observações realizadas, tendo como viés os pressupostos teóricos de Peter Jarvis e Paulo Freire, considerando a abordagem gerontológica. As considerações finais retratam as aproximações teóricas entre os dois autores e reafirmam que a aprendizagem ao longo da vida é imprescindível para o protagonismo dos adultos maduros e idosos em suas relações com o mundo. / The present thesis discusses the learning and education of mature adults and elderly people, from the theoretical perspectives of Paulo Freire and Peter Jarvis. The objectives of the research were to know and understand the meaning that mature adults and elderly people attribute to learnings and how they perceive the elements of nonlearning by participating in pedagogical workshops offered to the group which composed the extension action, in a Higher Education Institution, in the city of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State. The thesis presents data about longevity, about the theoretical rationale on education of adults in the European and Brazilian perspectives, focusing on the relevant questions to the learning of mature adults and elderly people. Then, it presents the learning theory of Peter Jarvis and the knowledge theory of Paulo Freire. Having said that, it proposes a brief discussion about gerontology and establishes some common ground between Paulo Freire and Peter Jarvis. Next, it presents the extension group and its historicity. The investigative attitude was provided through the Phenomenology and the paths taken were: the participative observation, six interviews in depth, the interviews analyses and the observations made, having as base the theoretical postulates of Peter Jarvis and Paulo Freire, considering the gerontological approach. The final considerations describe the common theoretical premises between the two authors, and reaffirm that learning throughout life is crucial for the protagonism of mature adults and elderly people in their relations with the world.

Esta pesquisa, de caráter bibliográfico e documental, discute as políticas públicas ofertadas para a Educação de Jovens e adultos no município de São Paulo, no período de 1989 a 2007. Inicialmente foi pesquisada a documentação da Secretaria Municipal de Educação (SME), cujo corpus é composto de leis, pareceres, balanços de gestão, dados numéricos, tabelas. Num primeiro momento, fizemos uma descrição da documentação e, em seguida, à luz dos teóricos, passamos à etapa da reflexão, tendo como referência a discussão de Dias Sobrinho acerca da conduta do pesquisador de políticas públicas, que deve transcender a esfera instrumental e passar por um rigoroso processo de interpretação. Identificou-se, no decorrer da pesquisa, a partir da consulta feita à documentação da SME, que os textos oficiais se encaminham para a articulação de educação e empregabilidade e que a retórica da globalização tem surtido efeito sobre o currículo de EJA. Dessa constatação, a pesquisa tomou como objeto os livros de EJA de Ensino Fundamental II, compreendendo o livro didático como parte das políticas públicas. O nosso objetivo foi investigar nesse material didático ofertado para a rede municipal, o impacto da temática do trabalho. Mais especificamente, procurou-se analisar como o texto literário é apresentado, no âmbito dessas premissas curriculares que estreitam as relações entre educação e trabalho. Como aporte teórico para esse trajeto, adotamos os pressupostos de Antonio Candido acerca de literatura e humanização, a teoria bakhtiniana do discurso e os conceitos de educação libertadora, de Paulo Freire. / This paper, documentary and bibliographical in its nature, discusses the public policies offered to the education of youths and adults in the city of São Paulo between the years of 1989 and 2007. We have initially researched documentation from the Municipal Board of Education (SME), whose corpus is comprised of official laws, provisory laws, project reports in each 4- year administration, numerical data, and charts. Firstly we have made a description of the documentation and, following that, and in the light of theoretical analyses, we have worked towards the reflection phase, which was seen in the light of Dias Sobrinhos discussions on the conduct of public policy reseachers, which must transcend the instrumental sphere and go through a strict interpretation process. It was verified during the research that, based on consultations about the SME documentation, the official texts progress towards the articulation between education and employability, and that the rhetoric of globalization has taken effect on the EJA curriculum. Out of this verification, the research adopted EJA books as objects of study, the didactic books being seen as public policies. Our aim was to verify the impact of the works subject matter within such material, offered to municipal schools. More specifically, we attempted to analyze how the literary texts are presented in the domain of these curriculum premises which narrow the relations between education and work. As theoretical contributions towards such a goal, we have used Antonio Candidos presuppositions about literature and humanization, Bakhtins theory of discourse and Paulo Freires concepts of liberation education.

Orientador: Selma de Cassia Martinelli / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-05T12:24:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Caliatto_SusanaGakyia_M.pdf: 494895 bytes, checksum: 05ffe3e93bb8f879fdca69981ad093da (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Resumo: O objetivo deste trabalho foi o de analisar a ortografia, de jovens e adultos que retornam a escola para completar a alfabetização, por não ter realizado os estudos na idade habitual. Os participantes da pesquisa foram alunos da Educação de Jovens e Adultos (EJA) da rede municipal da cidade de Amparo/SP. A amostra foi composta por 57 participantes, no primeiro ciclo do Ensino Fundamental, sendo que 27 (47,37%) cursavam a terceira série e 30 (52,63%) cursavam a quarta série. A coleta de dados foi realizada em três diferentes situações; um Ditado, o Reconhecimento de palavras e a Reescrita. O ditado utilizado foi o texto do Instrumento de Avaliação das Dificuldades de Aprendizagem na Escrita (ADAPE), padronizado para esse fim. O reconhecimento de palavras foi realizado a partir de um instrumento de múltipla escolha e a reescrita foi feita baseando-se numa lenda conhecida do folclore nacional. A análise dos resultados foi possível a partir de uma categorização dos erros em cada instrumento e da análise comparativa dos mesmos. Os resultados indicaram que as principais dificuldades se relacionam ao apoio na oralidade, mais especificamente quando se trata de palavras que empregam sílabas compostas, dígrafos e letras que representam vários sons. Na escrita de frases e textos deve-se destacar a dificuldade de segmentá-las, seja no ditado ou na escrita espontânea. O fato de que os erros mais freqüentes se mantiveram iguais nas três atividades de escritas propostas ofereceram maior convicção das reais dificuldades do grupo de participantes e acredita-se que os instrumentos utilizados em conjunto são uma alternativa confiável para se obter informações mais precisas sobre as dificuldades dos alunos, bem como podem ser utilizados como recursos didáticos na aprendizagem da escrita, desde que devidamente explorados com tal finalidade / Abstract: The objective of this study was to analyze the spelling in the young¿s and adult¿s writings who did not finish primary school at the proper age and after a time away from school decide to complete their studies in order to get their literacy. The participants of this research were students from ¿Education for Young and Adults¿ from public schools in the city of Amparo ¿ São Paulo ¿ Brazil. The sample consisted of 57 participants attending primary school, being 27 (47,37%) from the third grade and 30 (52,63%) from the fourth grade. The data were collected from three different situations ¿dictation, the word recognition and rewriting. The dictation used was the test of evaluation instrument of learning difficulties in writing down (ADAPE), which was patterned for this purpose. The word recognition was opened from an instrument of multiple choice and the rewriting followed a model based on a known legend of the Brazilian folklore. The analysis of the results was possible from a categorization of mistakes in each instrument as well as comparing such mistakes. The results showed that the main difficulties were related to the support on speech, particularly concerning the use of composed syllable words, digraphs and letters that represent several sounds. The difficulty of word separation either in dictation or in free writing must be pointed out. The fact that the most frequent mistakes were the same in the three done writing activities suggested strong conviction of the real difficulties of the group of participants. Thus being used together, one believes that the instruments are a reliable alternative to obtain more accurate information on the students¿ difficulties as well as being used as educational resources in the writing learning as long as they are exploited with such purposes / Mestrado / Psicologia, Desenvolvimento Humano e Educação / Mestre em Educação

M.Ed. / At present, some six million South Africans are illiterate, and around two million unemployed adults have inadequate basic schooling (National Education Coordination Committee, 1993:30). This means that they are unable to take advantage of further training or skilled employment prospects. The consequences of illiteracy amongst adults are still reflected through the economy in the form of low productivity, poor quality of life of low-income households and communities, and in political and social instability. Similar findings have been recorded in other countries. For example the Australian Government Gazette (2000:31) states that there were over 23 million adults between the ages of 16 and 65, over 3 million of whom had not had access to schooling. Furthermore, nearly 10 million had not completed Grade 9, and over 10 million had not completed Grade 12. Vella (1994:1) concurs that the introduction of Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) is a solution to the problem. Adult Education is expected to bring about change in adult learners, with goals ranging from changing behaviour to increasing knowledge, skills and attitudes. One of the focuses of ABET is educational technology, with specific focus on the computer. Carter (1993) states that educational technology, in particular the computer, is widespread to such an extent that it is viewed as an indispensable tool in the daily lives of people. It is used in homes, offices, shops, banks and hospitals. In addition, the most important indicator of the population’s ability to use information technology is to apply computer basics. Although no scientific survey of computer literacy in Africa has been performed to date, rough estimates do exist. Hodge & Miller(1997) quote the World Competitiveness Report (1993) which placed South Africa’s computer literacy rate on a par with Brazil, just below `India and well behind countries like Singapore and Japan (see Chapter 2, table 2.1). Over a decade later, an estimate of computer literacy in South Africa (Hodge & Miller, 1994:[online]) based on the education, employment and demographic profile of the population, shows the levels of computer literacy to be 3.2 million people, or 7.7% of the population. In addition, these figures are based on criteria that computer literacy is determined in the workplace, the level of education determining the type of job one gets and how much prior experience with computers one has. Factors such as age will influence the level of computer literacy. Applying this methodology to each race group, Hodge and Miller, 1997 [online]) find computer literacy rates of 21.1% for Asians, the lowest percentage 5.6% for Blacks and 7,1% for Coloureds. As these statistics indicate, the lowest percentage are Blacks, which indicates that this group is in most need of ABET (Hodge & Miller, 1997: [online]). As the researcher found that the low computer skill figures revealed that the groups most in need of computer literacy are Blacks, she, therefore, was motivated to examine the reasons behind these low figures. 1.2 / Dr. G.V. Lautenbach

In the latter part of the 1980's, contracting by the Correctional Service of Canada with private and public institutions accelerated. This contracting included provision of educational programs. Therefore, as a result of a new emphasis upon Canadian literacy education during the same period, there arose a need to select numbers of contract personnel who would be effective in prison adult basic education teaching. Subsequently, eighteen teachers in the Ontario and Pacific Regions of the Correctional Service of Canada were subjects of a study that sought information about effectiveness criteria to assist in the selection of teachers for prison adult basic education teaching. The Evaluation of Teacher Behaviors rating instrument established an upper quartile that identified five prison adult basic education teachers perceived as most effective, and a lower quartile of five prison adult basic education teachers perceived as least effective. Teachers completed the Demographic Data Questionnaire, providing information about academic education, teaching experience, additional training and education, and certification. They then participated in a structured, oral interview, the Correctional Teacher Interview Survey, responding to questions about their teaching strategies and their personal beliefs regarding the effects of prison education. Three experienced correctional educators rated these responses according to criteria that suggested possession of qualities such as sense of mission, structure, and empathy. Three teachers from the high group also responded to the Supplementary Questionnaire, which asked for their perceptions of their own schooling, relevant life experiences, and attitudes to their students as individuals. Analysis of the results of the Evaluation of Teacher Behaviors indicated statistically significant differentiation between the two groups on each of eleven criteria, with greatest differentiation for the criteria original, overall effective, adaptable, and stimulating. Analysis of responses to the Demographic Data Questionnaire showed that in the high group there was a greater percentage of teachers who had recently been involved in supplementary training and continuing education experiences. The low group of teachers possessed more years of experience in public/parochial school teaching than did teachers in the high group. The three correctional educators who rated the subject teachers' responses to the Correctional Teachers Interview Survey found that the teachers in the high group scored better on the characteristics clarity, desire to help students grow, structure, and empathy than did teachers in the low group. Analysis revealed that both the students who rated the eighteen teachers on the Evaluation of Teacher Behaviors instrument and the three correctional educators who rated the responses of the same teachers to the Correctional Teacher Interview Survey had, according to these ratings, similarly placed eight of the ten subject teachers in their respective high and low groups. The Supplementary Questionnaire revealed that three teachers from the high group possessed similar experiences in their personal and professional backgrounds and currently employed similar teaching strategies. Findings from this study have suggested that teachers who are perceived effective may possess behavioral characteristics, life and work experiences, and similar teaching strategies that distinguish them from those who are perceived to be low in effectiveness. Appropriate application and interview techniques could be designed to elicit information about these distinguishing elements. / Education, Faculty of / Graduate

In British Columbia, adult basic education (ABE) has evolved into a significant program area on the verge of gaining acceptance as a legitimate and important part of the public education system. If the resources currently committed to these programs are to be solidified and increased, it is imperative the present program impact be measured, the needs, resources, processes and outcomes be articulated and the benefits of increased programming be predicted. This is best accomplished through effective use of program evaluation. The field of program evaluation is characterized by a lack of well developed theory, a series of complex models, an absence of methodology and an abundance of designs and checklists which are not tied to a sound theory or model. The purpose of this study was threefold. Firstly, it reviewed the extant models and methodologies for the evaluation of adult education programs. Secondly, a methodology for evaluating innovative, ABE programs was developed. Finally, the methodology was used to guide an evaluation of an adult basic education project conducted by a British Columbia college, evaluated accomplished few of methodology provided a useful guide the evaluation process. While the project being its stated objectives, the and flexible structure to It is hoped that this methodology will be field tested on a variety of ABE programs and that additional research will result in an even more sophisticated methodology designed to strengthen the ties between the best theories and models and the field of practice. / Education, Faculty of / Educational Studies (EDST), Department of / Graduate

Churches around the world offer Adult Sunday classes as a forum for adult religious education. This time-honored approach to church-based adult education has encountered difficulties in recent times. For many churches, Adult Sunday School is standing at a crossroads. Where does it go from here? This study attempted to determine those factors that influence adults' decisions about whether or not to attend Adult Sunday School and what changes could be made to increase participation in the program. The context for this study on Adult Sunday School is Langley Evangelical Free Church located in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. This mid-sized church of approximately 600 people provided data upon which any conclusions were made. Surveys on Adult Sunday School were distributed to 365 adults and 195 surveys were returned. Respondents were given the opportunity to volunteer to participate in a discussion group to discuss the implications of the survey results. The results was that thirty-one people participated in six discussion groups. The discussion groups were instrumental in making sense of the data and recommending changes to increase participation in Adult Sunday School. The study asked participants to rate nine factors as to their influence in determining whether or not they would attend Adult Sunday School. The factors were ranked by respondents in the following order: spiritual growth, relevance, practicality, teaching style, sharing experiences, social contact, learning, intergenerational and external expectations. Other variables that were analyzed included age, marital status, family makeup, educational level and involvement in small group Bible studies. There were some significant differences in how members of some of the subgroups rated the factors. The study also looked at barriers to participation which were categorized as situational barriers, organizational barriers and personal barriers. The discussion groups concluded that three factors should be addressed to increase participation in Adult Sunday School at Langley Evangelical Free Church: content relevance, Sunday morning format and a more systematic structure. The results of this study provide valuable information for designing a blueprint for change at Langley Evangelical Free Church which may also be suggestive for other churches as they evaluate Adult Sunday School. / Education, Faculty of / Educational Studies (EDST), Department of / Graduate

The purpose of this research was to explore the changes that occurred in marital, child and family of origin relationships when an adult who was previously illiterate became literate. Eleven adult new readers participated in in-depth interviews. The results indicate that learning to read is not an isolated skill but changes the "self" of the new reader and subsequently his or her interactional patterns with family members. Six of the participants marriages improved, three of the marriages were ambivalent and two of the marriages deteriorated. All relationships with children improved. Relationships with family of origin members varied. The various outcomes were connected to the levels of support participants received and to how much the participants had previously defined their identities and their lives in relation to their previous illiteracy. / Ph. D.