EJA na tela: uma análise da série Segunda Chamada

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the television series Segunda Chamada, a fictional work based on real facts which addresses the Education of Youth and Adults (EJA) in a public school in São Paulo. The series aired in two seasons on Rede Globo, the first in 2019, with eleven episodes, and the second in 2021, with six episodes. To meet the research objectives, we analyzed, in addition to the seventeen episodes aired, semi-structured interviews with one of the authors of the series and two actors from the cast. We also interviewed a director of one of the EJA schools that served as reference to produce the series. As a result, the Segunda Chamada series showed, among other aspects, the diversity among EJA students, the reality of the teachers, and the precarious structure of the schools that offer EJA. It is expected that the research will contribute to the understanding of the specificities of the subjects of this field of education and to the reflection on the training of educators in this modality of education, as well as to subsidize the formulation of public policies for the area.