Abstract:
This research s subject of investigation is the Religious Education in the education of the
Youth and Adults at the Ozias Correia School Unit, Parnaíba-PI. Its general goal is to
investigate the contributions of Religious Education in the Education of Youth and Adults
with citizen perspectives for the people who participate in this modality of education. The
concepts of Sedentary, Citizen, Sustainable, Popular, Problematizing, Liberating, Dialogic
Education, Education of Youth and Adults and Religious Education were presented. The
theoretical resources providing a foundation for the research were: Paulo Freire, Edgar Morin,
Carlos Brandão, Leonardo Boff, Antonio Moser, Pedrinho Guareschi, Arlindo Correa and
Angela Holanda and others. The first part of the thesis consists of the historical
contextualization of education and Religious Education with the delimitation being set by the
MOBRAL proposal. The second part focuses on the concepts of Religious Education in
harmony with EJA (Education of Youth and Adults), engaging the significance and
foundations of education with citizen perspectives based on the thought of some theoreticians
and theologians. The third joins all the parts based on the analysis of the data collected among
the students of the School Unit researched. The data furnish elements which affirm the
importance of Religious Education in the modality of EJA, and the need for specific training
in the area for those who teach this curricular component. In this way, the research presents a
counterpoint for the reflection on Religious Education and Education of Youth and Adults
based on an approach which dialogs and interacts with the school context aiming at a citizen
formation in the educational journey of young adults.
