THE INTEGRATED CURRICULUM IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

This book exposes the difficulties and possibilities involved in implementing a high school vocational and technical education course integrated with the Youth and Adult Education (EFA/EJA) modality. In order to do this, a diagnosis was made of the scenario of educational institutions offering secondary-level EJA in a municipality in Paraná-Brazil; in addition, the difficulties relating to the integrated curriculum in everyday life and the experiences of some teachers with EPT/EJA were investigated. The research adopted the dialectical method as its principle and philosophical basis, as well as a qualitative case study approach, which characterized it as exploratory and descriptive. Data collection was based on a review of the literature, documents and field research. The results indicate that there is a lack of initial and continuing training to work with the public in question, little experience and knowledge about the modality and the specificities surrounding it. The empirical research revealed many difficulties common to EFA/YA courses and the proposal for curricular integration.