As gincanas escolares enquanto elo para a participação na gestão escolar

Abstract

Past more than twenty years of the management school as an educational principle, the participation of the school community in the management of the school is still a challenge even more if we consider the history of the school in the management school in Brazil that didn´t enhance this practice. Aiming this, this research shows the school gymkhanas as a link to participate in the management school, from the analysis of the cooperative games as an strategy of approaching, in a public school, aiming to identify how the involvement of the school community in school gymkhanas can contribute for an increased participation in school management. As specific goals of this research we sought to understand the historical constitution of the school management, identifying the elements that configure a democratic school management; situate the importance of the team games to the participation of the community in the school; and analyze the contribution of the school gymkhanas performed in a public school to the participation of the community in the school management. For that we relied on a qualitative approach, in a case study, having as instruments data collection the direct observation and semi structured interviews with managers, teachers, parents, students and members of the local community. Through research we could identify that from the use of the cooperative games, in the form of school gymkhanas it´s possible improve our interpersonal relationships in the school environment, encourage and stimulate the participation of the school community in the collegiate and in the decisions takens necessary to the participatory management that with the incorporation of values as companionship, confidence, solidarity and cooperation resulting of this methodology, positively affect the everyday school activities and influence positively in the actions of the school management aiming to a really participatory management and consequently more democratic.