A tool for building democracy

• Autor(a) principal: Lictenthaler, Waldenir Bernini
• Data de Publicação: 2007
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Cadernos Cenpec (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://cadernos.cenpec.org.br/cadernos/index.php/cadernos/article/view/107
• topic: Assessment systems; Indicators of quality in education; Mobilization; Participation; Improvement of quality in education; Sistemas de avaliação; Indicadores da qualidade da educação; Gestão escolar democrática; Participação

This experiential report discusses the relationship between quality in education and democratic school management, under the focus of participation of the school community. Some experiences are discussed of the use of Indicators of Quality in Education throughout Brazil, describing the experience developed in the municipal education system in Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, in 2005. The Indicators of Quality in Education are the result of partnerships between Ação Educativa, Unicef, UNDP, the Ministry of Education/National Institute of Educational Studies and Research (INEP) and a set of institutions representing the area. This project was created in 2003 to contribute to improving quality in the school, allowing problems to be identified, favoring understanding of challenges and, especially, opening space for community involvement the assessment process. Considering the results of the municipality of Ituiutaba, there is notably still little conviction regarding democratic participation as the best model for school management as well for the municipal system. The majority of people did not demonstrate that they had appropriated the basics to carry out a qualified reflection regarding these themes. The report concluded that building democratic management is not linear and uniform; democracy is a principle and a horizon.