Educação e cultura popular nas especificidades da educação de jovens e adultos

Abstract

This article deals with the convergence between Education and Popular Culture and Youth and Adult Education (YAE) in order to recognize traits of students' cultural expression in the pedagogical proposals of two schools in Brazil. The cultural face of youth and adult identity is of pivotal importance to the quality of YAE and supports the education of educators to work in the area. The qualitative data, which have been gathered from observation, interviews, and monitoring four (4) students on cultural tours, indicated that these students are producers and consumers of local culture and participated in school cultural activities. The points raised here by listening to the students showed not only the specificities of the subjects that make up the EJA, but also the cultural set of which they are part. This study showed that popular culture is still shy in pedagogical proposals, which demonstrates the need to establish a dialogue between educational and cultural demands.