Building democratic management in a school of early childhood education: analysis of development strategies of a team meeting

• Autor(a) principal: Nishioka, Luciana Kazuko
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Ferreira, Marisa Vasconcelos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Veras
• Texto Completo: http://site.veracruz.edu.br:8087/instituto/revistaveras/index.php/revistaveras/article/view/146
• topic: school management; participation strategies; teamwork; early childhood education; gestão escolar; estratégias de participação; trabalho em equipe; educação infantil

It has been a challenge for education systems and institutions of early childhood education the achievement of daily actions and the principles of democratic management. Even today, some managers’ practice seems to prioritize bureaucratic and administrative aspects at the expense of cooperative job coordination. This article seeks to reflect on possible conditions and strategies that can facilitate managers’ action, specifically in the development of meetings (administrative or pedagogical) and contribute to the achievement of teamwork from the perspective of a democratic managing. In this article, we began discussing the challenge of democratic management, focusing on the perspective of early childhood education and addressing the specific action of the managers in the school. Following, we delimited actions of management in the organization of the meeting, considering them as training environments. Database was constructed from the observation of a staff meeting and from the interview with the director of the researched institution. Finally, considerations affirming the possibility and necessity of taking strategies that enhance their collective work, provided that the manager takes his role as articulator and staff act with commitment and engagement on common objectives. Well-structured pedagogical meetings, with time and space appropriated and that ensure the participation of all around the achievement of the same goals, may be the way to make better use of the meetings at school.