A territorialização do entorno da escola em Boa Vista – Roraima: contribuições da Geografia para a gestão escolar

Abstract

In this thesis we seek to investigate the relation of the construction of the surroundings of the Municipal School Glemíria Gonzaga Andrade from the concept of territory, starting from two premises: the school as centrality and the surroundings as its territory. Considering the intrinsic relation between the implantation of this school unit and the expansion of the urban spot of Boa Vista - RR, we carried out a bibliographical research about the urban genesis of the city, as well as its expansion until the middle of 2018. In addition, research focused on the approaches of the concept of territory from Geography and the establishment of correlations between the school environment and the territory as a category of analysis. In another moment, the dialogue with school managers made it possible to study how the ideas about the school environment and the school community circulate among those who are responsible for the management of the school, providing clues to understand the lines between how the municipal government thinks the network itself of the ideas pointed out. We conclude that there is a mismatch in the conception of community and surroundings, especially when the community itself is disregarded in the construction of local educational policies. In these terms, the school summarizes its role in working with its school community - read "enrolled students" - rather than exercising its centrality in the neighborhood where it is set up.