Ensino médio integrado à educação profissional em Pernambuco: um olhar para as práticas de gestão ligadas à implementação do currículo

Abstract

This study sought to investigate how the process of implementing the public policy of Professional Education has been taking place in Pernambuco and to verify how the management practices adopted in three State Technical Schools, located in the Zona da Mata Norte of the state, influence the implementation of the proposed curriculum for the Professional Education integrated high school. The justification for this study was anchored on the professional experience of the author who, between the years 2011 and 2014, has served in the Executive Office of Professional Education as manager of the State’s Technical Schools, following the implantation of the public policy and the planning of the Professional Education Network expansion in Pernambuco. Using the methodology of case study, visits were conducted onsite to observe the school routine and the application of semi-structured interviews with managers and coordinators in the three ETEs chosen in this analysis to survey the information. This study was developed in the light of reflections of the theoretical Eduardo Antonio Condé Solomon (2012), Jefferson Mainardes (2006), Joseph Rus Roberto Perez (2010) and Mary Ozanira Silva and Silva (2005) that are related to the thematic public policies and Marise Ramos (2011), Jacqueline Moll (2010) and Demerval Saviani (2008) dealing with the issue of Technological and Professional Education in several respects. National and state basic legislation, which provides for Professional Education was also used. The obtained data concern the perception of respondents about the Professional Education policy in the state and the work that is being developed with the integrated high school classes. Such information demonstrate the need for investment in continued training of the management team, the formulation of a curricular proposal for the technical courses of the integrated high school and targeting specific financial resources to continue the implementation of the public policy. The results supported the construction of an Educational Action Plan, with a view for redirection the actions aimed at accelerating, while maintaining quality, the technical training of the high school in Pernambuco and the consequent strengthening of the State Network of Technical Schools.