Estudo de caso de uma escola da RME-BH com indice socioeconômico baixo em comparação ao seu grupo de referência

Abstract

This dissertation is a case study of the Municipal School Guimarães Rosa, the Municipal Education Network Belo Horizonte, having low socioeconomic index and showed significant improvement in the performance of students in the 9th grade of elementary school in the subjects of portuguese language and mathematics in Avalia-BH, in the period 2009-2011, compared to schools that make up your Reference Group Socioeconomic Index. The objective was to describe and analyze the situation and propose a plan of educational action (PAE) with actions directed to the Reference Group of the ISE. The methodological tools used were focus group conducted with managers of schools that comprise the Reference Group of the Municipal School of ISE Guimarães Rosa and semi-structured interviews with the management team and teachers of that school. With this perspective, initially held up the description of the school, the actions developed by the management team (2007-2011) and performance data in external evaluations (2009-2011). The second chapter covers the theoretical debate on the influence of socioeconomic status on school performance and school effectiveness analysis of factors in the light of the authors Francisco Soares, Nigel Brooke, Heloise Lück, Luiz Fernandes Dourados, Fabiana de Felício, Angela Albernaz, among others. Based on the description and analysis of the case is presented an Action Plan aimed at the 3rd cycle of the reference group of ISE. The plan proposes actions aimed at the school training and educational management, restructuring projects and institutional programs and the creation of a digital library project for the 3rd cycle. The actions aim to contribute to extracurricular minimize effects caused by low socioeconomic index in the academic performance of elementary students of RME-BH.