Theses on municipal education and the municipal council of education in Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Lima, Antonio Bosco de
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Ibero-Americana de Estudos em Educação (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/iberoamericana/article/view/13352
• topic: Municipal council of education; Participation; Mobilization; Democratization.; Consejo municipal de educación; Participación; Movilización; Democratización.; Conselho municipal de educação; Participação; Mobilização; Democratização.

The central issue of this article focuses on the debates surrounding the participation and mobilizing role of councils. The article presents the tensions present in the councils, originating from their systemic emptying of “traditional” functions, to an advance with regard to its political role of mobilization. To this end, we present the genesis of the councils followed by seven theses on the democratization perspective of the CME, presenting its consequent antitheses and indicating to the reader the task of reflecting on their respective syntheses. It is worth mentioning that the autonomy of councils and councilors is part of the democratic processes of the municipal organization of public education policies, that is, it is related to a collective project of a just and egalitarian society, which implies having access to material, social, cultural, economic and political goods.