Associação de pais e mestres de escola de educação infantil: ações e desafios para efetivação da gestão democrática participativa

Abstract

This research aimed to understand the actions that a Parent-teacher association of a nursery school in the city of Novo Hamburgo/RS, consolidates, contributing to the effective participation of democratic management, considering its characteristics and challenges of its context.The theoretical framework was based on studies by Libâneo (2012) and Lück (2006, 2013), as well as in educational policies in force. The qualitative-quantitative research methodology was used, through a case study. The instruments used for data collection were a semi-structured interview with the school's management team, a questionnaire with teachers, staff and parentsoftheParent-teacherassociation, observationof a meeting oftheParent-teacherassociation, as well as documentary analysis of the Political Project Pedagogical of the institution and the StatuteoftheParent-teacherassociation. From the theoretical and methodological contribution, the questions that emerged from the data were analyzed, which showed that school management is being carried out within the principles of democracy and that there are spaces and moments for all to participate in decision-making. It was noticedthattheParent-teacherAssociationis a democraticmechanism of the school and that has contributed to the qualification of the spaces offered to the children and in the development of the pedagogical proposal, however, it was pointed out that the low participation of all the segments harms a effective democratic work, becoming a challenge for the management team to promote the engagement of all.