ABSTRACT:
This article presents the results of research that aimed to investigate the contributions that the learning of reading and writing provides for the development of young people and adults, as well as the meanings they attribute to their alphabetization process, based on the historical-cultural approach of Bakhtin, Vigotski and Leontiev and the materialism historical and dialectic of Marx and Engels. The methodological procedure of the investigation in reference was based on the action research of Thiollent and Barbier, with a dialogical and interventional character. The locus was a group of BB Educar in São Sebastião (DF). It was found that the learning of reading and writing contributed to changes in the way of being, thinking and acting of students who, in their perception, have become empowered, a reference for the community and their younger children, adopting a metacognitive posture, that is, reflecting on their learning process, understanding their unique way of thinking and expanding strategies of reasoning for apprehension of reality and problem solving.
Keywords:
Youth and Adult Education; Alphabetization; Learning; Development