Os desafios da pessoa idosa no ensino

Abstract

The world population is increasingly aging. From this perspective, it is necessary to rethink the way in which the elderly have been treated by and in society and one of the fundamental aspects is to (re)think the educational process of these subjects. The real presence of the elderly person in Higher Education Institutions is undeniable and, in view of this fact, we seek, through this research, to answer the following question: How the presence of the elderly person is established in a Higher Education course of a Faculty private in southern Brazil? As a general objective, the present work aims to investigate how the insertion and permanence of the elderly person in Higher Education courses takes place. The specific objectives are: a) to identify the elderly person's access to Higher Education, through an experience report; b) outline how the process of adaptation of the elderly person in a Higher Education Institution takes place. The methodology chosen for the development of the study is based on an experience report, while a written record of the researcher's experiences entering Higher Education in the third age. Chapter 1 presents a brief discussion about the elderly in Higher Education. Chapter 2 discusses the author's experience report. Finally, the final considerations of the research present the trajectory of the researcher in Higher Education, highlighting the challenges encountered, but also the support and clarifications received, a fact that aroused the desire to develop a work with EJA students s o that they could become feel, increasingly focused on entering a Faculty.