O Plano de Ações Articuladas (PAR) na Rede Municipal de Ensino de Dourados, MS: a qualidade materializada nas práticas pedagógicas do ensino público fundamental

Abstract

This work is inserted in the Research Line: Education Policy and Management, from the Postgraduate Program in Education at the Federal University of Grande Dourados (UFGD). It integrates the research in a network funded by FUNDECT/MS - Fundação para o Desenvolvimento da Ciência e Tecnologia (Foundation for the Development of Science and Technology): "Management of educational policies in Brazil and their mechanisms for centralization and decentralization: the challenge in elementary schools faced by the Plan for Linked Actions (henceforth referred to as PAR)." It examines the materialization of the dimension 3 of PAR, referring to the pedagogical practices and it analyzes their contribution to the improvement of the educational quality in the Network for Municipal Teaching in Dourados, MS. The research is inserted in the qualitative mode, being held by a literature and document review and interviews with members of the PAR local team who are linked to the Municipal Secretary Office in Dourados and who have worked in the implantation and execution of the PAR. Managers and teachers from two local public elementary schools in Dourados were heard, too. The results of the survey show that the technical assistance of the Union is still insufficient to meet the expectations of more than five thousand municipalities that joined the PAR. The financial aid usually occurs by means of the resources that MEC passes directly to municipalities. Among the actions that contribute to the educational work in schools, the guidelines by PAR were cited and they helped to diagnose and plan the actions. According to the managers of the board named SEMED, among the actions planned in the dimension 3 of PAR, those related to teacher training are the ones which contribute the most to improving the quality of education in the municipality. The interviewed school subjects corroborate this view, but they highlight the Program More Education as the one that resonates with more intensity in the school pedagogical work, since it prepares the student to get a good performance in the large-scale assessments. It was unanimous the way in which there was an understanding among the interlocutors about the educational quality and the fact that it must take into account other evaluative, socioeconomic and cultural issues that go beyond Ideb indexes. However, the importance of this indicator is recognized since it guides the educational policies within the Brazilian public education.