Investigating literacy discipline matrices developed for youngsters, adults and elderly individuals: what do their propositions suggest?

Abstract

The present article provides the results of a study focused on learning about and analyzing propositions in literacy discipline matrices developed for the Youth and Adult Education (YAE) modality in place in Rio de Janeiro State’s municipalities. The research was carried out in the Undergraduate Teaching Incentive Program (Prodocência) of the Education School at Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ). The study addresses three interconnected topics: YAE, literacy and discipline matrix. Therefore, its theoretical-methodological contributions are an attempt to integrate these fields. The research followed the methodological design based on qualitative approach, and it included the need of knowing and acknowledging discipline matrix propositions, and of questioning how they apply to YAE subjects in order to ensure the right to education for all. At the same time literacy in the herein analyzed modality and its principles was also assessed to update concepts and reasoning on education contexts. Results point towards mismatch between the observed propositions and the National Common Curricular Base (BNCC), mainly when it comes to YAE invisibility in this document. In addition, the study highlights the lack of propositions by municipal education networks, such as those focused on the necessary continuous/permanent teachers’ qualification, as well as on literacy concepts to guide discipline matrices and inter-generation approaches.