A democracia no âmbito do conselho escolar: um estudo em escolas públicas do ensino fundamental do Distrito Federal

Abstract

This article aims to reflect on the performance of the School Council, from the perspective of managers of three public elementary schools (initial grades) of the State Secretariat of Education of the Federal District, analyzing its function, its importance, the role of the manager, as well as the actions of this Council in the school routine. The study is of a qualitative, documentary and field nature. The theoretical foundations that address: democracy, school management, School Council and public school were guided by Apple and Beane (1997), Cabral Neto (2011), Cury (2005), Dourado (2007), Libâneo (2017), among others . The results show that the public schools analyzed are constantly updated, changes in habits and positions and that along their course they have adopted the collective practices of democracy as a school culture. The conclusions point out that the School Council has become an important space for the exercise of democracy, in view of the involvement and participation of representatives of the school community, reflecting, democratically, ways of thinking and acting. Therefore, the managers of the schools/educational institutions surveyed have assumed a democratic character in the School Council, expressing themselves critically in favor of the transformation of the public school.