Os conselhos escolares no contexto do PAR (2007-2011): um estudo no município de Riachuelo/RN

Abstract

This study analyzes creation of School Council in the Riachuelo/RN city referring to the actions and strategies presented in the Articulated Actions Plan (PAR), from 2007 to 2011. It considers democratic management flux becomes more difficult, among other reasons, by the ambiguity between management basements that is a practice to the formulators of educational politic institutions and their proposals to the systematization public chain in the states and cities. Par, as a planning tool, aims systematizes: educational management; teachers and scholar support professionals training; pedagogical practices and evaluation; physical structure and pedagogical resources. This research detaches education management, specifically, educational democratic management in Riachuelo/RN city focusing on indicator “Existence and operation of School Councils”. To realize this research, the theoretical base is dialectical historical and uses qualitative approach. This work detaches an evolution referring to the creation of Scholar Councils in this city when compares 2007-2001 period to Par (2011-2014). It shows an inductive action by Education Secretary staff to stimulates schools in the creation of School Councils, but in a subtle way. In addition to the municipal manager culture of centrality decision, this fact hampers creation of Scholar Councils in the city as a mechanism to reinforce collective participation and decision, important to realize democratization of educative process.