(Trans) formações de práticas de participação social no Colégio E. P. C. Valadares – Santa Bárbara - BA

Abstract

This research focuses on the relationship between management, participation and democracy in the context of a public school in the state education network in Bahia. The study started from the following problem: how can the management of a public school mobilize the school community, in order to strengthen Social Participation, identity and the local territory? Seeking to answer this question, we will discuss the experience of democratic and participatory management at Colégio Estadual Professor Carlos Valadares (CEPCV), located in the municipality of Santa Bárbara (BA). The school was selected as a field of investigation due to its role in society in the face of the (trans)formation caused by the democratic management assumed by the researcher, in order to boost the search for collaboration and social participation in management in the face of the challenges experienced in the field of learning. of students who, on a daily basis, interfere in local development with democratic and scientific practice. The research is based on authors such as Lima (2007), Santos (2000), Freire (1996), Milani (2004), Gohn (2013), Fischer (2014), among others. As for the methodological approach, it is an investigation with a qualitative approach of the case study type that describes and analyzes the effects of democratic management actions in the educational context. The investigation included the following procedures: bibliographical research, semi-structured interview, document analysis, including records in minutes, accountability, reports, portfolio, folder, magazine, newspaper, digital media and iconographic records, maps, projects and action plans. The research results reveal the relevance of democratic management in transforming life projects in the school community. Management sought to guide its actions taking as a reference the implementation of interdisciplinary local intervention projects to improve everyone's quality of life. It was possible to identify how democratic management at CEPCV favored collective community engagement and the production of local development initiatives in the municipality of Santa Bárbara (BA). Although some contradictions were observed during the research process, regarding the interference of municipal and state management policies that sometimes conflict with the interests of the investigated school itself, the results showed positive changes throughout the school community.