@article {1367,
	title = {STUDENTS{\textquoteright} PERCEPTIONS ON DISTANCE EDUCATION: A CASE STUDY IN MOZAMBIQUE},
	journal = {Problems of Education in the 21st Century},
	volume = {79},
	year = {2021},
	month = {April/2021},
	pages = {Continuous},
	type = {Original article},
	chapter = {229-240},
	abstract = {Education in all societies is one of the requisites for changes and development, particularly in the current context influenced by globalization and rapid changes in which knowledge and technology became essential tools for life. In this context, Mozambique has been and continues promoting education, including Classroom Teaching Adult Education and Distance Adult Education (DAE) to satisfy people{\textquoteright}s learning needs and improve their capacities towards changes. DAE is considered a way to open opportunities of education for youth and adults who by different reasons cannot participate in classroom teaching. This study seeks to explore the perceptions of youth and adult students in DAE at Eduardo Mondlane University (EMU), about their learning process. The study applied qualitative approach, based on semi-structured interview administrated to twelve students from the 3rd and 4th years of the undergraduate   program in Organization and Management of Education in Distance Education (DE) modality. The findings of this study point out that DAE is perceived as a relevant and useful modality of education, particularly for adult learners. However, the study identifies contextual challenges associated to individual and professional issues, pedagogical and organizational issues as well as gender division of labor within the families, impacting the student{\textquoteright}s performance in DE in the selected higher education institution.},
	keywords = {adult education, distance education, lifelong learning, qualitative research},
	issn = {1822-7864},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.33225/pec/21.79.229},
	url = {http://oaji.net/articles/2021/457-1617434694.pdf},
	author = {Alzira Manuel and Domingos Buque and Ros{\'a}rio Quive}
}
@article {1095,
	title = {ADULT EDUCATION IN MOZAMBIQUE: BETWEEN EXPECTATIONS AND POSSIBILITIES},
	journal = {Problems of Education in the 21st Century},
	volume = {75},
	year = {2017},
	month = {December/2017},
	pages = {Continuous},
	type = {Original article},
	chapter = {581-590},
	abstract = {Adult education has been and continues being an important area of education. In developing contexts, it is considered the way for social inclusion and poverty reduction and it is expected to provide knowledge, skills and values to youth and adults who did not get opportunity to education in their early age. Adult education also serves as a way to improve people{\textquoteright}s competences throughout their life span. However, the concept of adult education in Mozambique has been used as literacy, referring only to the development of reading, writing and calculation skills. Using content analysis of documents, this research attempts to gain insight of adult education in the context of Mozambique. The findings reveal that adult education in the perspective of change and development as it is in Mozambique is linked to the objectives of poverty reduction and social inclusion. In this sense quality and relevance in adult education, as in other type of education, is needed to be able to develop functional knowledge and skills to youth and adults and allow them continuing learning in their life. Literacy and adult education have been considered an important field for social and economic development in the country, but contextual factors contribute to a narrow perspective of adult education, focusing mainly on literacy and numeracy as its final goal.},
	keywords = {adult education, poverty reduction, social inclusion},
	issn = {1822-7864},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.33225/pec/17.75.581},
	url = {http://oaji.net/articles/2017/457-1513710609.pdf},
	author = {Alzira A. M. Manuel and Domingos Buque and Ros{\'a}rio Quive}
}
