Student’s participation in upper secondary school management: approaches to the reality of the school system in the state of Amazonas

Nádia Maciel Falcão,Sara Dos Santos Da Silva

doi:10.20952/revtee.v13i32.13168

Abstract

espanolDiscuta la participacion de estudiantes de secundaria en la gestion escolar, presentando los resultados de la investigacion realizada en una escuela publica en el estado de Amazonas. Su objetivo era identificar acciones institucionales que permitan la participacion de estudiantes de secundaria en los procesos de gestion, verificando hasta que punto el principio de gestion democratica de la educacion publica se ha materializado en las escuelas secundarias. La metodologia tiene una perspectiva cualitativa que aplica la tecnica de analisis de documentos, incluidos documentos escolares como: Actas, Proyecto politico pedagogico, Reglas internas, Informes y Manuales. Los resultados muestran pocas y fragiles formas de participacion estudiantil en la gestion de la escuela secundaria. Hay un esfuerzo por demarcar la gestion democratica como principio en los documentos escolares, pero no hay propuestas para garantizar una participacion efectiva de los estudiantes en las acciones de gestion de la escuela secundaria. EnglishThis study discusses upper secondary school student’s participation in educational management by presenting the results of a research conducted at a public school in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Its purpose was to identify institutional actions that enable upper secondary school students’ participation in educational management processes, assessing to what extent the principle of democratic management in public education has been made possible in these institutions. In this qualitative research the document analysis of school documents such as: Minutes, Pedagogic Political Project, Internal Regulations, Reports, and Manuals was performed. The findings indicate few and frail forms of student participation in secondary school management. An effort to mark democratic management as a principle in school documents exists, however there is a lack of propositions that enables student participation in secondary school management.

Highlights

This article discusses student participation in educational management in the sphere of upper secondary education, based on the results of research conducted in a state school, located in Manaus, the capital city of Amazonas, Brazil
Its objective was to identify institutional assumptions and actions aimed at student participation in school management processes
The confluence between the two categories gave rise to the object of study that deals with student participation in educational management processes

Summary

INTRODUCTION

This article discusses student participation in educational management in the sphere of upper secondary education, based on the results of research conducted in a state school, located in Manaus, the capital city of Amazonas, Brazil. The authors cataloged the scientific productions on the matter of management, autonomy and the functioning of collegiate bodies in basic education schools, between the years 2000 and 2008 This investigation resulted in 753 research papers, arranged under the following categories: 1) Spaces and mechanisms for intra-school participation; 2) In-school relationships and practices; 3) Governmental and non-governmental policies, programs, and projects; 4) Theories and Concepts. Upper secondary schools become vital spaces to make young people recognize themselves as subjects, considering these places deal with individuals at a stage in their lives defined by their need for self-assertiveness, when seeking new life experiences and demonstrating their skills and potential to the society around them

THE SITUATION OF STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN THE AMAZONAS SCHOOL

Findings

FINAL REMARKS