Caminhos trilhados para a implantação da gestão democrática nas escolas públicas da rede municipal de Maceió-AL (2005-2008): buscando espaços de participação

Abstract

This study had objective to investigate the existence of spaces for democratic participation in municipal school system of Maceió, in the period 2005 to 2008. Initially focused to democratic management: its history and legal structure that had based its applicability in education. The approach with the object of research - the public schools of Maceió - has generated the need to know some specific features and characteristics of society Alagoas, for better understanding of the meaning of democratic space and how the City Department of Education translated into their Maceio documents and regulated the democratic management in your school network. The theoretical foundation of Paro (2001), Luck (2006), Libâneo (2004), Tavares (2003), Hora (2007), Verçosa (2006) and other, for a given field research in four elementary schools, where they applied the techniques of data collection, considering subjects as: managers, teachers, administrative staff, parents and pupils to understand how they saw and saw themselves as Participants in the context of democratic management, as the policy implemented in the municipal education network of Maceió. To meet the focus of the research were listed in 5 (five) categories related to participation, as a parameter for analysis of interviews and focus group. The study revealed that the areas of participation that exist at school does not serve the democratic exercise: there are moments of presence, not the decision-making. There not, however, demand for such spaces, always expect to be called, and when it occurs, no action is taken in the fight, which does not allow to move towards democratic practice