Gestão escolar e tecnologias : a realidade de escolas públicas na cidade de Maceió/AL

Abstract

Education in Brazil has undergone profound changes over the years. Since the enactment of the 1988 Federal Constitution and the Law of Guidelines and Bases of National Education 9394/96, it became evident a movement toward democratization, decentralization and modernization of public school. In this scenario, new expectations about the work of the school manager, starting with the challenge of transforming the administrative structure of classical force, in an educational model founded on the flexibility, efficiency and community participation, using means such as Information Technology and Communication (ICT). The current paradigms of the networked information society and have required competent and qualified professionals, equipped with technical and scientific knowledge capable of meeting the demands of social and economic policies in a globalized world. In Alagoas, a place that dominates low levels of educational development in the country, integration of technology resources within the school administration, is directly supported the prospect of significant changes in administrative practices and teaching in schools, in order to obtain better results in education students. However, there is a shortage in the scientific production of works that offer a reality that involves the diagnosis and management technologies in state schools. From this perception, there is interest in conducting a study aimed at investigating the impact of the integration of ICT in the work of managers of public schools in the city of Maceió/AL, which has relevance to contribute to the discussion and extension of studies academics, and serve as the basis for the institutions and individuals concerned with the theme. It is intended to answer the following problem: the computer and the Internet have contributed to the process of management of teaching units visited? Thus, the methodology adopted woos a qualitative research, developed through literature review and documentary, multiple case study, conducted with nine managers linked to three schools under the jurisdiction of the 1st Coordination Regional Education (CRE). To support research, which refers to thetechnological revolution and the paradigms of modern society are cited: Castells (1999), Coll et al. (2010), to address the social, economic and political changes that occurred in Brazil in recent decades, and characterize the process of integration of ICT in public education: Coll et al. (2010), Cury (1997), Lopes (2010), Mercado (2007); initiatives regarding the introduction of computers and the Internet in public schools in Alagoas: Almeida (1996), Almeida e Prado (2011), Azevedo (2010), Oliveira (2011), Pinto (2008); to address the use of ICT in training and school management: Almeida and Alonso (2007), Lopes (2010), Luck (2000), Santos (2008), Almeida (2002, 2005), about the opportunities and challenges arising from the relationship between management school and technologies: Alonso (2007), Coll et al. (2010), Hessel and Abar (2007), Luck (2008, 2011), Moran (2003, 2007), Sancho (2006), Santos (2008), Terçariol and Sidericoudes (2007), Rubim and Vallin (2007). As a result, it was found that the impact of ICT on the work of the unit managers focused education is limited to the incorporation of technological resources in their environment, than to the existence of effective and meet the requirements of the current paradigms of society. Thus, we see the need for professional qualifications of individuals, arising from the deficiencies of scholarship and continued that serious damage has been implicated in the development of school activities