Gestão educacional como objeto do discurso: uma análise sobre a produção de TCCs do grupo de estudos e pesquisa em gestão educacional.

Abstract

This undergraduate thesis investigates educational management as an object of discourse, based on the academic production of the Educational Management Research and Study Group (GEPGE). The research analyzes the contributions of Michel Foucault’s Archaeological Analysis of Discourse (AAD) to understanding the enunciation of educational management. The theoretical framework is grounded in the categories of discourse and enunciation, considering the management of education as a discursive phenomenon within political-pedagogical disputes. Qualitative, bibliographic, and descriptive in nature, this study is framed as a literature review. Undergraduate theses produced between 2021 and 2025 within the scope of GEPGE, which adopted AAD as a theoretical-methodological perspective, were analyzed in order to identify themes and problems, highlight the archaeological categories employed, and examine the conclusions reached by the investigations. The findings show that, although educational management is guaranteed in laws and policies, it continues to face contradictions and tensions with the neoliberal discourse. It is concluded that AAD deepens the critical understanding of educational management, reveals both its limits and potentialities, and strengthens academic debate as well as democratic practices within public schools.