Shared management education: the speech and the daily practices in the education system of the Recife

Abstract

This article examines the issue of sharing of decisions in the management of public education, problematized the relationship between the discourse of democratic management and social practices of school counselors and managers of the Municipal System of Education of Recife. The data, collected through interviews and administration of questionnaires, were treated from the perspective of the analysis of speech. The goal is to collate certain concepts and characterizations of shared management, in the literature in the educational field, and in interviews of research subjects, with the nuances surrounding the process of proposing educational policies for the city of Recife. It was concluded that the actions of the subjects that could contribute to the realization of democratic principles in the management of municipal education are slowing or silenced by a number of factors, among which stands out the disconnection between the institutions of participation. This proves that the difficulty of participation that is often singled out as strictly limiting the school, it is a problem that involves primarily the bodies of more decision making power of the education system. This is an element which then against the discourse of decentralization in the management education, but also explains the reductionism of the share of decisions at the level of administrative management of the municipality.