Desafios à gestão escolar em tempos pandêmicos

Abstract

This monograph is the result of studies developed in the Specialization Course in Educational Management, along the line of research LP1 - Policies and Management of Basic and Higher Education, of the Postgraduate Program in Public Policies and Educational Management, at the Federal University of Santa Maria. Also, it constitutes the production of the Group of Studies and Research in Policies and Educational Management – GESTAR/CNPq/UFSM. It had as a research problem: what are the scientific productions, developed in the period from 2020 to 2022, about the context of school management in the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil? As a general objective, it prioritized understanding the context of school management in the Covid19 pandemic in Brazil, based on a set of scientific productions from the period 2020 to 2022. With regard to the specific objectives, the following were defined: (i) to identify the general aspects school management in Brazil; (ii) map aspects related to the Covid-19 pandemic and school management in Brazil in the scientific production from 2020 to 2022; and (iii) recognize in the selected scientific productions some challenges presented by school managers regarding the Covid-19 pandemic scenario in Brazil. As for the research methodology, an exploratory study with a qualitative approach was carried out, based on articles from dossiers and individual journals in the area of Education, based on the descriptors: education, school management and the Covid-19 pandemic. The main results point to: concerns about educational performance indices; anguish of families and students; lack of training and unpreparedness in the use of ICTs; physical, emotional and psychological strain; work overload in management and teaching; school managers with difficulties in organizing service strategies for students with few financial conditions and without digital resources; students with difficulties in continuing their studies, without access to the virtual environment, among other technological means; resistance of managers and teachers to use digital technologies; Internet connection as a major obstacle because many students and teachers did not have good access to classes. The pandemic also served as an impetus for many managers and teachers to take extension courses and update themselves on the use of ICTs, but many had difficulties in managing and accessing equipment and a powerful internet network. In addition, the constant concern with socio-educational exclusion and with the cognitive deficit of students considering the withdrawal from school and lack of motivation to carry out studies.