O desafio dos professores na construção de uma escola pública democrática no contexto capitalista

Abstract

The article discusses the possibilities for democratic education in capitalist society and in it, the role of teachers as members of the school community face to the democratic management of the public school. It analyzes if the dimensions of an education for democracy are present in school, considering the democratic values and the training for decision-making at all levels. It integrates the investigations conducted by the Research Project in Public Policy and Educational Management from Federal University of Santa Maria /RS. It is based on contrapositions between thinkers liberals, progressives and marxists who examine this issue. The study demonstrates, in investigations carried out in the Centre Region AM / RS, the democratic management of public schools is far from being a reality. It points that democracy, understood as people's power, can not be effective in capitalist society, because it is, in essence, incompatible with democracy, considering that capitalism limits the power of the people.