Abandono e repetência escolar: estratégias de gestão para uma possível melhoria de aprendizagem

Abstract

The present study aimed to analyze the rates of school failure and abandonment of a public school in the town of Redentora, the northwestern state of Rio Grande do Sul, with the intention of verify the strategies for managing used to combat the unsuccessful results as well as reflect on the possible points to be improved in the educational process. Therefore, there was initially a quantitative research from the survey indices of school performance of high school students along the years 2009, 2010 and 2011. Subsequently, this data base were considered for the analysis of school documents, such as Political Pedagogical Project and other school projects, in order to verify if the school registers possible actions that will contribute to the improvement of these indices. Thirdly, questionnaires were made available for educational coordination; school directors and high school teachers with the intention of verify how these indices are understood in the classroom. The results obtained suggest deficiency in the execution of Democratic Management in the school of analysis. Although the educational context is analyzed theoretically organized in ways that contribute to the success of the educational process, pedagogical practice presents both methodological failures, how much with regard to the inclusion of the family in the educational process. From the results obtained, we observed the need of applicability of theories and molds of management that there are documentarily, so that significant changes happen at the end of each school year.