Abstract

CALDAS, Andrea do Rocio  and  PICANCO, Deise Cristina de Lima. The challenges in the participatory management construction at university. Educ. Rev. [online]. 2019, vol.35, n.75, pp.81-102.  Epub July 18, 2019. ISSN 1984-0411.  https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-4060.66804.

This article aims at presenting the management trajectory in the Education Sector at Federal University of Paraná - UFPR, Brazil, from 2010 to 2014, when the authors were ahead the sector direction, indicating the challenges of more participatory bases construction at the academic management. It addresses the implementation of a participatory budget model and the institutional project rediscussion process and the articulation of several actions that aimed at involving the internal and the external educational community at the Sector and at the University. Among the actions to be discussed, some deserve to be highlighted: the creation of a participatory budget methodology, the review of the Institutional Planning, the creation of a permanent event to reflect on teaching beyond the university training practices, the creation of an articulation instance between the Education Sector and the coordination centers of the teaching undergraduate courses and finally the elaboration of an effective administrative technicians’ qualification and participation proposal, among others. It aims at uncover the obstacles present in the rooted culture of an institution based on the molds of a structure inherited from the military dictatorship and the potentialities originated in the new democratization processes.

Keywords : Educational management; University; Democracy; Participation.

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