Programa de Melhoria na Qualidade de Ensino - Excelência: uma análise da implementação da política em duas escolas estaduais do ensino médio na cidade de Cacoal, Rondônia

Abstract

This dissertation was developed within the scope of the Professional Master in Management and Evaluation of Education (PPGP) of the Center for Public Policies and Education Evaluation of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (CAEd / UFJF). The management case studied discussed the implementation of the Program for Improvement in Teaching Quality - Excellence for school management in two high schools in the city of Cacoal, (RO). The objectives defined for this study were: i) to describe the elaboration, the implementation and the actors involved in the Program of Improvement in the Quality of Teaching - Excellence; ii) analyze the management of the implementation of the Excellence Program at Cacoal High School; and iii) propose actions that may contribute to the quality of implementation. In the first chapter, we present and describe the structure of the public educational system of Rondônia, as well as the State Public Policy, which seeks to promote the improvement of teaching quality. As a highlight, we outline the legal basis, operational and methodological aspects of the Excellence Program, as well as the objectives that guide its implementation, effectiveness and the actors involved. The second chapter presents the theoretical framework, structured in two axes of analysis: Public Policy Implementation and Interdisciplinary Project. These axes are based on the studies on issues pertinent to the theme, such as: the characteristics of the case study (ANDRÉ, 1984); implementation of public policies and the bureaucratic State (MAINARDES, 2006), (LOTTA, 2012) and (CONDÉ 2011 and 2012); concept and definition of interdisciplinarity (YARED, 2008), (JOSÉ, 2008), (FAZENDA, 2008); considerations about project methodology (HERNÁNDEZ and VENTURA, 1998); concept of globalized methods (ZABALA, 2002); in addition to other authors who became necessary. We assume as hypotheses that the implementation of educational public policies, focused on interdisciplinarity, finds serious problems in its execution, given the lack of resources and planning, both in its macro dimension (within the scope of State Secretariats of Education) and in environments of school units. Thus, in order to concretize the study, we use the structured research methodology as a case study, constituting a study of a qualitative nature; with data collection from the use of structured interviews, with which we try to collect information, together with the school management and the teachers involved, as well as the participation of the students, through a focus group. In addition to the interview and the focus group, we also collect data from school documents, such as elaborate projects, action reports and evaluation indicators (both internal and external). With the information essential for structuring the study, the final result is the analysis, from the speeches and perceptions of the implementation process, of the street level bureaucrats (directors, supervisors and teachers), as well as the target audience (students), as a dynamic of interaction between users and implementing bureaucrats who, through values, beliefs and ideals, transform politics as it was conceived. The analysis of the data of this research subsidized the Educational Action Plan (PAE), which contains propositional actions, aimed at strengthening the performance of those involved in the actions of the Excellence Program.