Reprovação no 6º ano: um estudo de caso em três escolas da rede pública municipal de Juiz de Fora

Abstract

This study presents an issue that is not unique though is relevant in educational discussions and represents a major challenge for education nowadays, these are the indexes related to a school approval/fail on the 6th year of the Elementary School. It is noticed that in the city of Juiz de Fora / MG is high failure rate in this segment of education, a factor that causes the effect of age-grade gap. Thus, the aim of this work is to make a comparative analysis of three schools with similar socioeconomic realities. For this, the taxes of approval / disapproval presented at this stage of Elementary School were analyzed in the sample space of three years (2009-2011). For analysis was important theoretical framework provided by authors such as Mintzberg (2010), Alavarse (2013), Balmant (2012), Mandelli (2013), Burgos (2012), Pilgrim (2012), Oliveira (2012), Benedict (2007), Castanheira & Ceroni (2008), Mason (2011) cited Magaldi & Reis (2011), Moura (2009), Pereira (2007), Silva (2008) and Condé (2012). The research methodology was qualitative and quantitative, since the collection of data and information through questionnaires and interviews applied to managers, coordinators and teachers was held. The intention is to propose alternatives, through an Intervention Plan to moderate these problems in the surveyed schools. The Education Action Plan aims to show ways to interfere and improve the reality in the school segment analysis. The most important topics of this study were inferred to reflections and discussions on key factors identified as responsible for the failure in the 6th year, namely, the difficulties of adaptation that involve learning and the lack of appropriate skills of teachers to work with this segment education. The analysis of these factors led to the proposal of the Action Plan suggested improving the problems of failure in the 6th year.