GESTÃO ESCOLAR DAS UNIDADES MUNICIPAIS DE ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL DE VILA VELHA (ES): PELA CONSOLIDAÇÃO DE UM ENSINO RELIGIOSO LAICO

Abstract

This Master's thesis has the general objective of identifying whether the managers of the schools in Region II of Vila Velha (ES) are promoting, through the participatory management of the Public School, the offer of the Religious Education curriculum component so that overcome the traditional confessional, catechetical, doctrinal and religious character. The question that we try to answer is: have the school managers of the schools in Region II of Vila Velha (ES) been successful in offering the Religious Education curricular component, overcoming its traditional confessional, catechetical, doctrinal and religious character? As for the specific objectives, it was intended: a) to detect whether the managers of these Elementary School units seek to offer the referred discipline from a secular State and secular Public School perspective; b) list mechanisms inherent to the participatory management of schools in Region II of Vila Velha (ES), to offer the Religious Education curricular component, aiming to overcome a possible confessional, catechetical, doctrinal and religious teaching; c) assess the view of part of the school community regarding the quality of management. The relevance of the present research resides in the fact that the conclusions of the field research may become a reference consolidated by data, both for the Municipal Education Department (SEMED) and for the schools in Region II of Vila Velha (ES). The main justification for the development of this study is the academic and professional link that the researcher has with Public Education, as she has been a public-attendant teacher in the city of Vila Velha (ES) since 2004. In the professional sphere, she works as a school manager since 2009, where it seeks to promote participatory school management, attentive to the demands of the school community. As for the hypothesis, this study raises the premise that one of the biggest challenges faced by managers in the process of overcoming confessional, catechetical and doctrinal teaching in schools in Region II of Vila Velha (ES) stems from the varied interpretations of legislation that supports the notion of secular State and secularism, in a society increasingly influenced by hegemonic religious thought. Regarding the implementation of statistical data collection, this study, classified as a survey research, applied questionnaires to 20 teachers of the Religious Education curriculum component. As for the parents and/or guardians of the students, the sample included 100 respondents, aiming to obtain information indicative of successful or unsuccessful actions for the consolidation of counter-hegemonic education, which overcomes the confessional, catechetical character. and doctrinal, traditionally printed in the Religious Education curricular component. Data collection was carried out via semi-structured questionnaires, consisting of simple questions and answers in the multiple choice system – with, in each question, space for respondents to justify and/or explain their answers. This questionnaire was applied to teachers and parents of students enrolled in the municipal public school system in Vila Velha (ES), within the scope of the Fundamental Education level.