Conselhos escolares: encontros e desencontros na luta por uma gestão democrática

Abstract

We are experiencing an extraordinary moment in the history of Brazilian education. The world, today's society requires changes in relation to education. There needs to be agents of change that can be protagonists of their own history. Going over centuries is marked by authoritarianism, where the word participation was not understood and neither experienced. These marks were hereditary and passed on to his heal seemed almost impossible. But even later, the transformation has arrived and is perceived by everyone, however the school, the main stage for this change was not prepared to welcome these players and therefore, was to be desired in forming a new man. Due to this new context, the school has a need to reflect on its role in the democratization of participation in the school, where not only principals and teachers have a voice, but parents, students, staff and all who are interested in seeing a new school, or to see a democratic approach to school AGAIN and giving everyone a voice. And the School Board stands out as introductory tool for this new reality, but there is still resistance to accept the participation of those who some believe may not be part of the school. School is represented only by walls. In this sense, there was a qualitative research approach through the procedure of presenting literature, thus the interpretation of reality embodied in written bibliographic. And so we try to prioritize the importance of the creation of school councils as a form of participation of all stakeholders of education, ensured the principle of the Democratic School Management established by law No. 9394/96, through the LDB and the Constitution of 1988, known as the Citizen. It presents the possibility of changes to the extent that opportunities for participation won by school boards in the democratic management can offer alternatives to building an even more democratic public space. As the study found that education is a collective process, community participation in School Councils aims the construction of school autonomy in administrative, educational and financial. Once conquered autonomy, school management should focus its action on the proposed administrative and pedagogical, which translates into the identity of the institution. Without this, the school is meaningless reproduction of the values of society based on individualism, the social discrimination and indifference to civic education.