Participação : um elemento constitutivo da escola democrática

Abstract

The present research has as its theme the participation in the school, proposing to problematize how the Municipal School of Basic Education - EMEB Fernando Ferrari makes possible the participation of the different segments that compose it. As a way of developing the research, the objective was to identify and understand the instruments and mechanisms used by the school that allow the participation of parents, students, teachers, employees and the community in general to become involved in the school's constituent processes, to discuss with the community, the concepts of participation, seeking to understand and describe the factors that facilitate and / or limit their participation. The methodological proposal of this work is based on the principles of qualitative action research, starting from the construction / elaboration of the problem with the data collection of the reality where one intends to work. The researcher performed the analysis of documents that certify, guarantee and promote the participation of the different segments that make up the school space, as well as natural participant observation, which is when the observer belongs to the group that investigates. To the community were proposed the circles of sharing and as a way of recording the subjects' considerations, questionnaires were used. Through the reports, it was possible to consider that the school needs to take on the initiatives of bringing the members of the school community together, outlining ways to implement democratic management, not only by inviting the participants of the process, but also by generating conditions for them to want and can be inserted. Thus, in order for participation to take place and for democratic management to materialize, considering the quality of education and attending to the needs of educational issues, it is essential to involve each subject. However, mobilizing the school community is not always an easy task, needs to be well delineated and develop mechanisms that aim to seek participation as a way to transform the environment in which it is inserted.