Gestão democrática e participação das juventudes

Abstract

The present dissertation was developed within the scope of the Professional Master in Management and Evaluation of Education (PPGP) of the Center for Public Policies and Education Evaluation of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (CAEd/UFJF). The case to be studied discussed the young people's participation at the State School Cinira Carvalho. The general objective was to analyze how is the youthful people's participation at that school, considering the democratic and participative management, focusing at the youth personalities' central role. In the first chapter, the case was delineated through a description about the young people's participation at the researched school. There were showed the legislation about the democratic and participative management, considering the national and state levels. Secondly, it was made a characterization about the school. To do so, there were presented its documents and actions related to the democratic and participative management. Besides, there were introduced the students’ participation and involvement in the actions promoted by the school. The second chapter presented the theoretical references that were used in this management case. There were applied concepts developed by Dayrell, Carrano e Maia (2014), Paro (2016), Lück (2009), Freire (2004), Costa (2000). Those authors discussed the youthful people's participation at school, considering the young conditions, the social policies, the democratic and participative management, the spaces of participation, the participation and the youthful characters' central role. The used methodology was the qualitative research, through a case study. As research instruments, there were adopted the field observation and the focal group. The study was able to bring answers to the guiding question. Through the research, it was possible to find out that the students don’t know the participation mechanisms available at school and they also don’t know how to create those spaces. It was also found that young people don’t engage sufficiently in the proposed actions at school. Besides, those initiatives don’t receive enough guidance and attendance. Regarding those identified problems, it was proposed an Educational Action Plan (EAP) that suggests actions aiming to improve young personalities' participation, through student's central role. It is considered that to an effective formation, focused on a youthful people's central role, it is necessary an active participation by the students during all the process, since its execution, until the evaluation of the proposed actions.