Souza, Antonio Lisboa Leitão deSilva, Márcia Soraya Praxedes da2018-09-112018-09-112014-07-18SILVA, Márcia Soraya Praxedes da. A implementação do programa mais educação em escolas da rede municipal de ensino de Natal/RN: um estudo sobre o período de 2008 - 2011. 2014. 144f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Educação) - Centro de Educação, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2014.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/25805This work approaches the integral education inside a perspective of studying, researching, analyzing and reflecting its study object – the Program Mais Educação and its implementation at public schools administrated by the city hall of Natal/RN. The research general objective consisted in analyzing the implementation and contribution of the Program Mais Educação in the city of Natal, for the education quality improvement in three schools during the period from 2008 to 2011. The research was conducted within a historical-critical approach having as theoretical and methodological basis: the dialectical materialism. Based on qualitative research procedures and instruments, two data collection techniques were used: the analysis of the literature on theme and documents, and the application of semi-structured interviews with those responsible for the program Mais Educação at City Department of Education; and at the schools with the managers, Program coordinators, mentors and participating students. Mediated by the interfaces from the investigated context, the results have shown the Program Mais Educação had presented significant results regarding the education improvement, however, although keep its potential, it hasn‟t been developed to the satisfaction, due to its weaknesses, especially regarding the necessity of implementation of a public policy in integral education, lack of schools physical structure to support the achievement of proposed activities, limited scope regarding the number of students assisted in each school, lack of qualification of mentors responsible for carrying out the proposed activities with the students, failure of the City Department of Education to comply with some of its responsibilities, essential to the better Program development at participating schools. The theme still needs further studies and discussions; so, this research does not end here, but it appears as fertile ground for future researches.Acesso AbertoPolíticas públicasEducação integralPrograma mais educaçãomasterThesisCNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::EDUCACAO