PERSPECTIVA DISCENTE DO ENSINO DE BIOLOGIA NO ENSINO MÉDIO DA EDUCAÇÃO DE JOVENS E ADULTOS (EJA) NO MUNICÍPIO DE URUÇUÍ – PI

Youth and Adult Education is a modality of basic education aimed at those who did not have access to basic education at the proper age. It allows the completion of elementary and high school with the minimum age of entry from 15 to 18 years old respectively. Since in the EJA program the academic period is only six months, a study is necessary to verify if the selected contents that are taught by teachers in the subject of Biology guarantee quality in this teaching modality, providing learning and knowledge to the students. The objective of this research is to assess the perception of high school students in the subject of Biology as well as to evaluate their mastery in relation to the contents taught in Youth and Adult Education in a state public school in the town of Uruçuí PI. 35 students participated in the research and all participants signed the Informed Consent Form. For data collection a semi-structured questionnaire was used that was filled out by the students of the institution, chosen in two classes of the 1st gradeand two of the 3rd grade. The results indicate that the public that seeks this type ofeducation mostly are young workers and students with previous failures. The mainreason why they choose to study EJA is the opportunity to study at night and the possibility of completing their studies in a short time. It was noticed that students face difficulties in the contents of Cytology and Genetics in the subject of Biology because they are complex and difficult to assimilate with reality. Finally, it was contacted that there is a need to apply methodologies that facilitate the teaching-learning of this subject for better assimilation of contents by students of EJA.