The formulation of local policy instruments for education: participatory processes in the pandemic context

• Autor(a) principal: Grifo, Ana
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Duarte, Joana, Marques, João Lourenço
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34632/investigacaoeducacional.2021.10182

The formulation of local policy instruments for Education (Cartas Educativas and Planos Estratégicos Educativos Municipais) has been strengthened by the participation of local Education actors, throughout several stages of the process. This engagement promotes the formulation of guiding documents for Education policies and planning deemed meaningful by the local community, who validates and seizes those documents. However, the Covid-19 pandemic, through its travel and gathering restrictions, constrained the implementation of these participatory projects as previously executed. Grounded on empirical experiences concerning the formulation of local policy instruments for Education, this paper depicts the transition of those participatory processes to digital venues, while examining the opportunities and challenges arising from this shift forced by the pandemic context. The new priorities regarding Education policy will unavoidably be addressed, since they gain a new role and meaning within the vision for schools and, more broadly, Education, thus influencing the insights and perceptions shared by local actors and stakeholders within participatory processes.