Percepções sobre uma gestão democrática e participativa: um estudo realizado em uma escola pública de João Pessoa/PB

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a brief survey in a public school in João Pessoa / PB, aiming identify the management model adopted in school and analyze the views of management emphasizing the role of the school manager in the construction process of democratic and participatory, management, intending to bring a reflection on this theme in the current educational. As a way of scientific research adopted qualitative and quantitative approaches, through a literature review, exploratory documentary and field, using the technique of participant observation and semi-structured interview. The question that drove this study was: How to build a democratic and participative management? The results show us that there is difficulty in communication and little participation in decision-making in school subjects that make up the school environment. The speech of the interviewees emphasize that the school management is understood as participatory and autonomous collective. But few who actually have this management model is being well experienced in practice. Throughout the research was intended to encourage critical awareness in pursuit of building a democratic education institution. We hope that this sample will contribute to the educational debate about the democratic school.