Escola: espaço de participação popular e da gestão democrática

Abstract

This thesis aimed to analyze the opinions of headmasters, teachers, staff, the school community and students about the democratic management regarding the understanding of this concept, the family involvement in school and the Elementary School São João Batista, in São Leopoldo/RS political pedagogical project as well as its school regulations. The main authors who have supported this study were Libâneo, Luck and Lukesi on democratic management, Caldart and Freire on popular education. The research was characterized as descriptive qualitative. It involved the PPP and the school regiment document analysis and semi-structured interviews with the headmaster, two teachers, two staff members, two school community representatives and two students. The interviews analyzes was done based on the information description and triangulation. The main considerations show: (1) the headmaster’s, the teachers’, the staff members’, the students’ and the school community’s involvement facilitate and evidence the space “School” as a popular democracy generator, and, (2) The school has characteristics of a democratic administration. Therefore, one can conclude that participation is mediated by the relations that exist within the space “School” among all participants involved, who evidence being aware of the popular participation and democratic management theme, and prove its importance to improve and qualify education and democracy.