Gestão democrática escolar: práticas e desafios do cotidiano

Abstract

This study focuses on the school management as the primary means of democratization of education in public schools. Makes a retrospect of the progress and achievements noted since the enactment of the Federal Constitution of 1988 to the present day, highlighting the decentralization of power and strengthening of political and pedagogical actions as channels of consolidating democratic school management. Makes a critical and reflective, seeking different views and concepts of democracy and the principles that guided the foundation of educational legislation in force, promoting a more concrete and a more precise understanding of reality. The findings presented here were made through a case study promoted by direct contact with the different actors of the educational school in the municipal Palmas. The interpretation that is done is enriched with the thought of various educational theorists as Victor H. Paro, S. Naura C. Ferreira, Luiz F. Gold, and other scholars who have significantly invigorate the debate on the scientific knowledge of school management and contemporary references are important for the educator who wants to enable a more praxis-oriented and democratic social transformation. The critical appropriation in this study highlights the need for a new educational culture where all actors feel players and managers of the educational process.