A influência da infraestrutura no desempenho escolar: estudo de caso de três colégios do estado do Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

The present dissertation discusses the way in which the managing sphere, specifically in matters related to managing infrastructure, may impact the students’ academic achievement levels. In order to conduct such study, three schools were selected within the Regional Serrana II, belonging to state school network of Rio de Janeiro, aiming to identify the possible issues in school infrastructure in its physical, material and human aspects and indicate actions thatState Secretariat of Education of Rio de Janeiro (SEEDUC/RJ) may aggregate to their school management practices to offer more suitable conditions to improve academic achievement levels. With that in mind, the management dimension of the SEEDUC/RJ was described and analyzed, and, in greater detail, the Regional Serrana II, elaborating on the infrastructure and the academic achievement levels of the three school units selected for analysis. Besides, a profile was drawn of the school community in which such schools are inserted aiming to diagnose the degree of knowledge, involvement and appropriation of each school management. Afterwards, it was defined as a field of study three schools with the same state classification utilized by SEEDUC/RJ, regarding the number of students and established as a criterion, schools based in different towns, in order to compare the achievement levels of each school in the external assessment systems IDEB and IDERJ, with the available infrastructure. The methodology utilized was field research associated with the application of a survey to 100 managers, teachers, students and third-party employees.To support the research legal instruments were consulted that ensure quality education as a fundamental right to protect the dignity of the individual, such as the LBD 9394/96, as well as theCNE document No. 08/2009,which defines the Student Cost Initial Quality (CAQi) for being the only document with reference to school infrastructure to compare with the available structure of the studied schools. To support the conceptual analysis, the study relied mainly on works related to the pillars of efficiency, efficacy, effectiveness, and school equity, such as described by Filho (1997); Brooke (2012), Franco and Bonamino (2005), besides Anísio Teixeira, a pioneer in mentioning the importance of the ideal infrastructure (necessary facilities and equipment) towards effective teaching and Polon (2009) who created the types of management styles, among which there are leadership profiles that determine different schools achievement levels. After relating such theories to the data collected, it was possible to propose an Educational Action Plan (PAE, in Portuguese) to improve of the infrastructure of school units of the Regional Serrana II, highlighting the relevance of school management.