Ten Years Later: the meanings behind EYA teachers’ questions

Abstract:

This paper presents a summarized analysis of teachers’ questions on the Education of Youths and Adults (EYA), across different areas of the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul, between the years 2002 and 2004, as well as ten years later, from 2012 through 2014. This is a qualitative comparative research, with questions collected from written records and by teachers’ adherence, aiming to verify the effects of the meanings produced. The results, based especially on the Discourse Analysis by Pêcheux (1997, 1999 and 1987), point out that part of the meanings produced are updated again throughout the periods, uncovering that the discontinuities in the public policies of EYA teachers’ continuing educational training produce effects of a sense of circularity.

Keywords:
Discourse Analysis; Education of Youths and Adults; Teachers’ Questions