Abstract

GOULART, Janaina Moreira de Oliveira  and  AMARAL, Daniela Patti do. School Councils in the state network of Rio de Janeiro: participation or participationism?. Educação. Santa Maria [online]. 2019, vol.44, e36820.  Epub Nov 11, 2020. ISSN 1984-6444.  https://doi.org/10.5902/1984644436820.

The present discussion proposes to reflect on the participation, in the perspective of democratic management, of the members of the school councils within the Rio Janeiro state network, based on the analysis of the texts produced by the State Secretariat of Education (SEEDUC/RJ) and the contexts that influenced the institution of the school councils in this network. The article presents a debate about the setting in which the school councils were instituted in the state schools and, for that, the official texts that deal with the competences of the members of the organ were analyzed. The absence of the deliberative character of this collegiate is emphasized as determined by the legislation that regulated it. The discussion brings elements for the reflection of social transformation through the participation of the subjects, proposing a dialogical and participatory process that does not depend exclusively on laws, but which, above all, is articulated with the purpose of realizing the ideals of a more just society, starting from more horizontal relations. We believe that the absence of deliberative character may interfere with the strategies of democratic management, leading to the belief that it de-characterizes the conception of participation in its broadest sense, giving rise to a more similar form of participationism.

Keywords : Democratic management; School councils; Participation.

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