O ensino-aprendizagem da língua portuguesa e ciências da natureza numa abordagem semiótica, na educação de jovens e adultos, com alunos em privação de liberdade

Abstract

This work consists of an experience with Adults and Youth Education (EJA), Phase I of Literacy, in Curitiba-PR Custody House (CCC), a prison environment. The aim of this work is to propose the semiotics theory as a literacy tool, using it as a link between literacy in the mother tongue (Brazilian Portuguese) and Scientific Literacy. From the reading of works of art, we propose a way to achieve a gradual introduction to Scientific Literacy and experimentation, as well as to literacy in Portuguese language. The theoretical foundations of semiotics are based on Lucia Santaella; the studies of Scientific Literacy, on Áttico Chassot; the experimentation, on the propositions of Delizoicov and Angotti; and the literacy, on the guiding principles of Paulo Freire. The product of this work is a literacy strategy, which has been converted into didactic sequences and resulted in a concrete material to be used by students and teachers in the classroom, as a contribution to the pedagogical practice. The didactic sequences were tested in classes, using as evaluation method the data collection based on participant observation. With this strategy the students who before would be literate in Portuguese within two years, attained this goal in six months. This work also shows evidence of relevant gain in Scientific Literacy by these convicts students.