Os sentidos de trabalho e escola construídos por adolescentes trabalhadores

This study aimed to understand the production of sense of work and school among adolescents who experience working and studying. The research was based on Subjectivity Theory, mainly on the concept of subjective sense. Four adolescents living in urban and rural areas of the state of Bahia, male and female, participated in this study. Conversation sessions were held and the use of a sociodemographic questionnaire and a complementation of sentences. The results showed the valorization of work, seen as a formative space and promoter of values, guaranteeing access to consumer goods and overcoming the privations imposed by poverty. The school was represented as a learning environment and preparation for the future, and an auxiliary mechanism for the achievement of professional aspirations. These results may help in the formulation and improvement of public policies aimed at guaranteeing rights and protection for working adolescents.