A educação infantil em Penedo: um estudo da rede pública municipal na dimensão da política e da gestão educacional

Abstract

This research is a study of the municipal public education system in the municipality of Penedo, located in the state of Alagoas, known for its important historical, cultural and architectural heritage. The overall objective is to characterize the municipal public education regarding the policy and management of early childhood education, as well as the necessary determinations in national legal frameworks for an area. Specifically, it aims to understand a policy and management of early childhood education articulating them with the determination provided for in the national legal frameworks for the area.Specifically, it aims to understand the policy and management of early childhood education in the municipality with in the scope of the Municipal Secretariat of Education(Semed) and the organization of municipal public educational institutions that offer this stage of basic education, in which there are dimensions that encompass the specificities of the area. The research is justified by the scarcity of studies related to the configuration of municipal public system in the state of Alagoas and the understanding that there is a need for knowledge and recognition of the work carried out in these instances, enabling, in the current conjuncture, the reaffirmation of early childhood education. of social quality. The theoretical framework is based on the studies of Diogenes (2014), Mainardes, Ferreira and Tello (2011) and Oliveira (2008), and the legal frameworks for the area in order to support the discussion on educational policy; besides Abuchaim (2018), Côco (2014), Haddad (2006; 2007; 2015; 2016), Nunes, Corsino and Didonet (2011) and other authors who contribute to the analysis of the multiple aspects that make up a municipal preschool system. In the midst of its policy and management.The research was carried out within the Penedo Municipal Secretariat of Education by conducting interviews with techniques of this municipal agency, applying a questionnaire to the managers (school principals and pedagogical coordinators) of the 28 municipal public institutions and analyzing local institutional documents. The collected data were analyzed according to qualitative criteria, observing pre-established and identified dimensionsduring the analysis process. The research found an oscillation in the development of municipal policy and management of early childhood education in the municipality, so that, in some aspects, compliance with the legal provisions were identified and, in other aspects, difficulties in the development of some dimensions that make up the specific provisions or guidelines for the area under study were identified. Considering as reference the process of municipalization of early childhood education in Brazil, the research contributes to the future validation of a tripod here named as knowledge, recognition and strengthening of early childhood education of social quality in municipal system in the state of Alagoas.