A expectativa do professor de Educação de Jovens e Adultos: implicações na auto-estima dos alunos

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify if there is teacher prejudice with regard to students of the classes of Young and Adult Education and if the teacher expectancy affects their self-esteem. This study was focused in the CEJA - Centro Educacional de Jovens e Adultos (Young and Adult Educational Center) in the city of Bauru in the state of São Paulo, and it has applied the theoretical collaborations of the Critical Theory of Society, and especially the authors T. W. Adorno and M. Horkheimer. We applied Likert Scales to 23 teachers to check if they showed any kind of prejudiced thinking with regard to students of EJA classes, which was the importance given to the accomplished work, and which was the expectancy of the school success they had about their students. We selected three teachers from these 23, who showed in the scales the biggest, the smallest and the average punctuation. After that, we applied Likert Scale to students of these three selected teachers, totalizing 47 students. Relating to the students, the scales collected information about the importance given to the school and the study, the relationship kept with the teachers, and about their self-esteem. We concluded that the teachers keep a high expectancy with regard to students. They attribute a great importance to the accomplished work in the EJA classes and do not show prejudiced thinking. The students give a lot of importance to the study and they have a good relationship with teachers, reflecting in a high self-esteem in the school environment