Abstract

LIMA, Licínio C.. Políticas educacionais, organização escolar e trabalho dos professores. Educ. Teoria Prática [online]. 2011, vol.21, n.38, pp.08-26. ISSN 1981-8106.

Big changes in the state´s role in public education policies have occurred throughout the last decades by the action of transnational and supranational entities. An increasing process of subordination of education to economic imperatives in late capitalism and to entrepreneurial theories of school organization and leadership has followed. Some dimensions of what is called by the author the managerialist canon and the hyper-bureaucratization of schools are analyzed with reference to international tendencies and also to the most recent Portuguese reform of the management system of state schools. Possible impacts of the political and organization changes introduced are suggested for future research, mainly concerning the working process of teachers and the tendencies towards competitiveness, de-professionalization, subordination and alienation.

Keywords : Education Policies; Managerialism; School Governance; Teachers’ Work.

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