A democratização na gestão da escola pública em Brasilia - DF: um estudo de caso

Abstract

This monograph is the result of a case study, carried out through desk research, a public school located in the Pilot Plan of the Federal District, which offers high school in the morning and afternoon shifts. The analysis covers the work of legislation that regulates the education process along the lines of political and administrative decentralization of the state and educational institutions appreciate the political, social or economic system in Brazil and abroad, showing the process of globalization and opening up policy , respectively, and, finally, highlights the challenges faced by the school for consolidation of administrative decentralization imposed by the new economic order. This is a survey on the management of a school as a vanguard in the political-pedagogical aspects, whose history in defense of a quality education reveals a process of constant action and reflection among teachers, staff, students, parents and communities with a view to democratic practices, as well as reinforces the theory of social participation necessary for the achievement and realization of democratic management in schools and society in general. The research problem addressed was the creation of the school along the lines of participatory management, their experience with the dictatorship and the struggle waged by the contributions of its faculty, students and community to persist with democratic practices. Thus, the study revealed that even with assistance from the military regime in school management and the remnant of the post dictatorship the participation of the social components of the school, including the community, was instrumental in consolidating the democratic management of that school.