Gestão escolar democrática: desafios visíveis

Abstract

This paper aims to reflect on the school management in pursuit of a democratic work in school life. This discussion is necessary since there is still a conservative and authoritarian practice, only to face the paperwork and administrative. For this, the research aims to analyze the implication of which bibliographically democratic management in the school to promote learning consists of ethical sense, and human solidarity that justifies the condition of being humanized. As research problem question is: how the manager can cope with the challenges of democratic management in the school context? As a way to contemplate the purpose and the problem proposed in this research qualitative nature of literature, authors sought to endorse as Avritzer (2002), Santos (2002, 2009), Demo (1999), Schmidh (2004), Ferreira (2004), Lück (2006, 2008), Oliveira; Zientarki; Pereira (2010), Libâneo (2005), Veiga (2003), Gadotti (1997), Freire (2000) as well as other authors who address the theme of this work. Taking as reference the results obtained, the research shows that the democratic school management faces many challenges, but in that cause the school community to participate and engage with the issues school - whether in the educational, financial and administrative, forming active citizens , aware of its reality, everything can begin to transform.