Adolescência e projetos de futuro: possibilidades escolares na escuta e orientação de estudantes

Abstract

The present work had the aim of gathering information about the future projects of adolescents in school age. The survey and plan of action intended to understand the future projections of adolescents regarding their professional lives, familiar lives and their desires. The subjects of the survey have 14-15 years of age and students of the ninth grade of a public school in Belo Horizonte. Some questions guided the survey regarding what these adolescents think and plan for their future. Is the school a listening and reflection space about future projects? In what social environment has the youth the chance to inquire themselves? Can I, as an education professional help to potentialize self-reflection and planning of student youth at school? This survey was developed also as an action plan. The data gathering and intervention took place in a classroom conversation circle during which the adolescents were able to expose their ideas and their expectations about the future, their emotions, doubts and uncertainties. It is possible that the youth is a period of intense transformations and behavioral changes, besides psychological changes and changes in their bodies. However, adolescents are reflective and thinking beings, condition which schools are not always aware of. The conversation circle revealed that these students think and plan the future even under hardships. Thus, the school environment may be a space to push for reflections and personal planning of each student.