Formação de gestores escolares no estado de Goiás: o curso de especialização em Gestão e Avaliação da Educação Pública

Abstract

The present work was developed within the scope of Professional Master in Management and Evaluation of Public Education (PPGP) of the Center Public Policies and Education Evaluation of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (CAEd/ UFJF). The objective was to analyze the curricular proposal of a lato sensu specialization course, and its offer in the distance modality, as a policy of continuous training of school managers. In the paper was describe the specific case of Specialization Course in Management and Evaluation of Public Education offered between the years of 2012 and 2013, by the Training Unit of the Center for Public Policies and Education Evaluation (UFO/ CAEd), the University Federal of Juiz de Fora in partnership with the Education Department of Goiás. The specific objectives of this work were to identify how the mentioned course sought to articulate theory and practice in its curriculum; analyze the course documents to understand their conception, assumptions and implementation; and suggest new contents, resources or activities that increasingly bring the practical training of the school manager in continuing education courses offered in the distance modality. For achieve of objectives, the methodology used was the qualitative research, by means of content analysis of the documents and didactic materials of the course, semi structure interviews with pedagogical coordinator of this course and with the coordinator of didactic materials, and focus group with the academic support agents who acted from beginning to end of the course. The accomplishment of this work was based on the researches of several authors, such as Heloisa Lück, Maria Aglaê Machado, Cássia Fernandes, Ana Maria Hessel and Adriana Bruno. The analysis of the data was made from the theoretical reference on four axes, which are: formation of school managers, relationship between theory and practice in the training of school managers, case methodology for teaching and challenges of distance education. Stands out at work the development of an Educational Action Plan that includes a set of suggestions to contribute to the specialization courses for school managers offered in the distance mode by UFO/ CAEd.