A história da alfabetização e a gestão educacional: possíveis aproximações

Abstract

Through a bibliographical study, this research aims to get to know the historical context of literacy practices, establishing a possible relation with educational management. One observes that, throughout the history of literacy methods, an initial concept of literacy meant just decoding symbols. Such perspective was related to literacy practices until the middle of the XX century. Nowadays, the literacy concept has been amplified due to the presented necessities and then it is possible to consider alphabetization as a way of understanding the social use of the language. The bibliographical research is based on Freire (1985), Rizzo (1989), Barbosa (1994), Soares; Maciel (1999), Frade (2003), Soares (2003) Mortatti (2000; 2004) and Kleiman’s studies (1995; 2005). To get to know literacy methods is one of our objectives, besides searching about concepts as constructivism and alphabetization by establishing a possible relation to educational management. This study is relevant in terms of the new presented configuration of the School Administration valid so far and that is being understood and even replaced by the Educational Management which is configured with more democratic actions, involving all actors – school group of management, teachers, staff, students and community – that are considered educational managers, being that they all are involved with the teaching and learning process. Facing such a context, the teachers and school staff in general are asked to assume the responsibility of developing in a significant way the process of teaching and learning. With the reached results it is possible to mention that the literacy history should be known by all teachers who work in elementary schools for them to dominate and be autonomous in their literacy groups. Unfortunately, one can perceive that are few the educators who know and establish relations between their practices and the educational management. The proposed bibliographical study serves as a possible referential for all people who work in education systems and who can get more able to follow the demands and requirements of the literacy in the current context.