Learning about the myriad aspects of the school to expand the right to learn

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Maria de Salete
• Data de Publicação: 2007
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Cadernos Cenpec
• Texto Completo: http://cadernos.cenpec.org.br/cadernos/index.php/cadernos/article/view/3
• topic: Prova Brasil; Aprova Brasil; Sistemas de Avaliação; Desempenho escolar; Brazil Test; Brazil Pass; Aprova Brazil; Assessment Systems; Academic performance

This text describes Aprova Brasil or Brazil Pass: a participatory observation experience. This project, carried out by the Ministry of Education and Unicef, was aimed at identifying which aspects could have contributed to the good performance of certain Brazil Pass schools, which is certainly not due to one single administrative factor or dimension. Answers questions asked about the education of the children can be found at the institutions themselves and should arise from observations and reflections, with active participation of the protagonists in academic action. To carry out the study, 33 primary schools - 20 municipal and 13 state schools – were visited in 32 municipalities and 14 states plus the Federal District. The Field Notebook, a guide to this observation and listening process, was created in a simple manner that was suitable to the rapid assessment methodology and it was split into three sections: charts for recording quantitative information; guides for observations, interviews and meetings; forms for the researcher to record qualitative information. Regarding the central issue – the actors’ perception of the reasons for good performance by the children – most attributed this result to the teachers, to the students themselves, to the educational practices developed and to community participation. Furthermore, all of the participants were asked to describe one or more practices developed at the school that effectively contributed to the children’s learning, which were called “dimensions of learning.” The text concludes that Brazil Pass is more than an endpoint, it is a starting point for understanding and spreading the word about the conditions of and potential for learning at Brazil’s public schools.