A participação das crianças na gestão democrática na educação infantil: reflexões a partir de um estudo de caso realizado numa escola pública de Ijuí - RS

Abstract

The management of public kindergartens must be democratic. There are teaching democratization mechanisms and among them is collegiate bodies like the school board. The aim of this study to observe the performance and training of the School Board in a nursery school Ijuí - RS and the inclusion of children in decision making. Therefore, I present a brief survey about public policies that currently govern the school management within public schools in the municipality of Ijuí - RS, focusing, in particular, the composition and powers of the school board within the elementary schools. From these data, I seek to investigate the perceptions of the participants of the School Board about the importance of this joint committee for democratic management and as is the participation of different segments of the school community, in particular, children. Therefore we conducted a case study in a school of public early childhood education Ijuí RS being conducted visits, questionnaires to representatives of the school board and a wheel of conversations with children. The study showed the importance of the studies and broaden discussions about the democratic management processes within the elementary schools, in particular, expanding and diversifying the strategies that can effectively foster and promote listening and children's participation in such processes.