The challenges faced by teachers of youth and adult education in the evaluation process of students? learning.

Esta investiga??o encontra-se no entrecruzamento de duas tem?ticas: avalia??o da aprendizagem e Educa??o de Jovens e Adultos e consiste na apresenta??o dos resultados de uma pesquisa que objetivou compreender como v?m se dando no campo educacional as pr?ticas avaliativas dos professores dos anos iniciais dessa modalidade. De abordagem qualitativa, este estudo usou como instrumento de organiza??o de dados a entrevista semiestruturada. Os resultados evidenciaram os desafios enfrentados pelos docentes, dentre eles, a falta de material did?tico espec?fico como, por exemplo, livro did?tico e atividades pedag?gicas que contextualizem o conte?do ?s viv?ncias dos educandos; a dificuldade do professor em desconstruir as representa??es de escola tradicional que os alunos trazem para a sala de aula e, por fim, a dificuldade do of?cio docente, que vai muito al?m do dom?nio de conte?dos e conhecimentos pedag?gicos. A conclus?o da investiga??o indica a necessidade de amplia??o das discuss?es em torno da avalia??o na EJA.This research is at the intersection of two themes: the assessment of learning and the education of youth and adults, and consists of presenting the results of a research that aimed to understand how the evaluation practices of teachers of the early years of this modality of education have been taking place in the educational field. This qualitative study used semi-structured interview as a tool for data organization. The results showed the challenges faced by teachers, among them, a) the lack of specific didactic material, such as textbooks and pedagogical activities that contextualize the content to the students' experiences; b) the difficulty of the teacher to deconstruct the representations of traditional school that the students bring to the classroom and, finally, c) the difficulty of the teaching profession, which goes far beyond the mastery of pedagogical contents and knowledge. The conclusion of the investigation indicated the need for further discussion about the evaluation in the EJA