Submitted by Verena Bastos (verena@uefs.br) on 2015-07-24T12:46:00Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Disserta??o prota, entregar na UEFS.pdf: 2254374 bytes, checksum: 8ca6e58af60babe1820f18b43d356832 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-24T12:46:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Disserta??o prota, entregar na UEFS.pdf: 2254374 bytes, checksum: 8ca6e58af60babe1820f18b43d356832 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-05-28 / This thesis presents a study of life histories and school experiences of adult women of the rural district of Maria Quiteria in Feira de Santana/BA. The study sought to understand the meanings of schooling for women who return to the school in the course of Education for Young People and Adults, to complete the elementary education of the headquarters of his rural district. The work examines issues related to place of residence (rural areas), deals with gender relations and reflects the conditions of life and work of women surveyed. The education for the people in the field was historically relegated the educational proposals without specificities and originality territorial, facing many times the programs and projects of rapid duration without due attention to the contexts in which they were part. These proposals have not promoted structural changes for the improvement of the quality of life of the people in the field and as a consequence, the banished from school and encouraged them to seek other conditions of life, work and study in the large urban centers. Using a qualitative approach, the methodology of this study, develop ping from their life stories, trying to understand the reality in focus, whereas the representations, the identities constructed and knowledge stemming from the trajectory experienced by women students of Young Adults Education in night shift. The research relied on the collaboration of six women living in surrounding communities of the district, students of the school. The instruments used for data collection were the observation in school, in the communities and households; the comments participants in the classroom, the questionnaires for the characterization of the general profile of the students and the semi-structured interviews with six students. The research reveals the great importance that women attribute to the process of schooling, because for them the conclusion of their studies can provide better employment opportunities, increased self-esteem, respect, appreciation and social recognition. The study also shows that, in the perspective of women, the conclusion of studies allows a better performance in relations developed in the community and society, thus allowing for the same, an effective exercise of citizenship. / Esta disserta??o apresenta um estudo de trajet?rias de vida e viv?ncias escolares de mulheres adultas do rural do distrito de Maria Quit?ria em Feira de Santana-BA. O foco da pesquisa est? na tentativa de compreens?o das raz?es que levam as mulheres adultas a retornarem ? institui??o escolar ? especificamente no Curso de Educa??o de Jovens e Adultos no processo da escolariza??o e conclus?o do ensino fundamental II na sede do seu distrito rural. Neste sentido, ser?o analisadas quest?es relacionadas aos locais de moradia (espa?o rural); bem como as rela??es de g?nero que refletem as condi??es de vida e de trabalho das mulheres pesquisadas. A educa??o, para as popula??es do campo, ficou historicamente relegada a propostas educacionais sem especificidades e originalidade territorial, voltada muitas vezes a programas e projetos de r?pida dura??o sem a devida aten??o aos contextos dos quais faziam parte. Tais propostas n?o promoviam mudan?as estruturais para a melhoria da qualidade de vida das pessoas do campo e por consequ?ncia, as expulsava da escola, ou as incentivavam a buscar outras condi??es de vida, trabalho e estudo nos grandes centros urbanos. Utilizando uma abordagem qualitativa, o percurso metodol?gico deste estudo, se desenvolveu a partir das hist?rias de vida, fundamental para compreens?o da realidade em foco, considerando as representa??es elaboradas, as identidades constru?das e os saberes oriundos da trajet?ria vivenciada pelas mulheres estudantes da EJA no turno noturno. A pesquisa contou com a colabora??o de seis mulheres moradoras de comunidades circundantes do distrito, estudantes da escola. Os instrumentos utilizados para a coleta de informa??es foram: a observa??o na escola, nas comunidades e domic?lios; as observa??es participantes em sala de aula; os question?rios para caracteriza??o do perfil geral das estudantes e as entrevistas semiestruturadas com as seis estudantes. A pesquisa revela a grande import?ncia que as mulheres atribuem ao processo de escolariza??o, pois para elas a conclus?o dos estudos pode proporcionar melhores oportunidades de emprego, aumento da autoestima, respeito, valoriza??o e reconhecimento social. O estudo demonstra ainda que, na perspectiva das mulheres, a conclus?o dos estudos possibilita um melhor desempenho nas rela??es desenvolvidas na comunidade e sociedade, oportunizando assim para as mesmas, um exerc?cio efetivo da cidadania.