Gestão democrática caminhos e possibilidades : um estudo de caso em uma escola pública de ensino fundamental em Belém

A linha de pesquisa desenvolvida nesta dissertação não é inédita, todavia, apresenta algumas peculiaridades a respeito da gestão democrática para a educação brasileira, mais especificamente em Belém do Pará, que são no mínimo, um contributo à sociedade. Principalmente porque demonstra sucintamente, no primeiro e segundo capítulos a trajetória sócio histórica e a política-pedagógica da gestão democrática no Brasil a partir dos meados do século XVI, até a implementação da LDB nº 9394/96. No terceiro capítulo trato a respeito das Leis de Diretrizes e Bases da Educação Nacional, nº 5692/71 e da LDB nº 9394/96, esta última objetivou romper com os resquícios deixados pela 5692/71, vale frisar que o primeiro estado a implementar as Leis de Diretrizes e Bases, assentadas na Lei nº 9394/96, foi o estado do Pará. Nos capítulos: quarto e quinto destaco a Metodologia aplicada à pesquisa de campo; às análises dos dados coletados e mensurados, e construo uma triangulação e/ou cruzamento (Teoria-Práxis-Teoria que resultará à práxis), entre a teoria pesquisada e analisada, com as referências bibliográficas e com os dados coletados no campo acerca dos caminhos e possibilidades necessários para articular a gestão democrática no município de Belém. Para construir esse trajeto recorri às leituras bibliográficas de autores que já aprofundaram o assunto como: José Júlio Chiavenato, Luiz Fernando Dourado, Paulo Freire, Moacir Gadotti, Carlos Libâneo, João Monlevad, Vítor Paro, Michel Thiollent, Sofia Lérché Vieira entre outros autores que contribuíram para a construção teórica e prática, e que estão citados na referência. No que concerne a pesquisa de campo foi efetivada uma sondagem prévia e uma apresentação do tema à direção da escola e para a presidente do Conselho Escolar, em seguida foram feitos contatos com os profissionais da educação através de conversas informais a cerca do assunto. Após esse processo foram aplicados questionários com vinte e seis perguntas objetivas e duas perguntas subjetivas, que estão expostas no anexo desta dissertação; outros mecanismos utilizados na pesquisa de campo foram as entrevistas in lócus com alguns profissionais da escola pesquisada, utilizou-se também a observação participante com o viés na abordagem sócio histórica. O trabalho de campo e as referências bibliográficas coadunadas à observação participante, no cotidiano da comunidade escolar, foram essenciais para a consolidação deste trabalho dissertativo que envolveu um tema, que certamente, está em voga na educação brasileira e que serviu como base para o título desta dissertação: Gestão democrática caminhos e possibilidades:. Um estudo de caso em uma escola pública de ensino fundamental em Belém. A dissertação em questão também apresenta no capítulo quinto o tripé básico para a análise científica relacionada a gestão democrática que são: Eleição direta para o Conselho Escolar, eleição direta para o diretor/articulador/social, eleição para o grêmio estudantil, esta sob a direção dos alunos. A base desse tripé deve estar assentada na participação qualitativa de todas as categorias da comunidade escolar, preservando e respeitando a autonomia de cada categoria, bem como demonstra a aproximação e a contribuição da comunidade externa para o processo de ensino-aprendizagem. E, por fim, não menos importante, proponho algumas sugestões que estão expostas nas conclusões e demonstram claramente a necessidade de implementação de alguns caminhos a serem seguidos e implementados para que de fato e de direito se processe a gestão democrática participativa, à luz dos conceitos apresentados nesta dissertação que estão diretamente relacionados à formação, à participação, e à autonomia, para isso é necessário alguns ajustes na lei nº 7.722/94, na resolução nº036/2008 e o conhecimento e domínio da Lei nº 9394/96.__ ABSTRACT: The line of research developed in this thesis is not new, however, presents some peculiarities about the democratic management in Brazilian education, specifically in Belem, which are at least a contribution to society. Mainly because it shows succinctly in the first and second chapters the history and socio-historical political-pedagogical democratic management in Brazil since the mid-sixteenth century through implementation of the LDB 9394/96. ln the third chapter dealing with respect to the Laws of Directives and Bases of National Education, 5692/71 and 9394/96 LDB, the latter aimed to break with the remnants left over from 5692/71, it is worth stressing that the first state to implement the laws Guidelines and Bases, sitting in the Law 9394/96, was the Para The fourth and fifth chapters highlight the Methodology applied to field research, the analysis of data collected and measured and construct a triangulation and I or intersection (Theory-Praxis-Theory resulting praxis), between theory researched and analyzed with the references and the data collected in the field about the ways and possibilities necessary to articulate the democratic management at the education system in the municipality of Belém. To construct this path resorted to reading literature by authors who have explored the subject as: Jose Julio Chiavenato, Luiz Fernando Dourado, Paulo Freire, Moacir Gadotti, Carlos Libâneo John Monlevade, Paro Vítor, Michel Thiollent, Sofia Lerche Vieira and others who contributed to the theoretical and practical construction andare cited in the reference. Regarding the field research, it was carried a survey and a preliminary presentation of the theme to the school principal and to the School Board president, then were made contacts with professionals in education, through informal conversations about the subject. After this procedure were applied questionnaires with twenty-six objective questions and two subjective questions that are exposed in the appendix of this thesis. Other mechanisms used in field research were interviews in locus with some professionals of the surveyed. It was also used participant observation with the bias in the socio-historical approach. The field research and the references link ed to the participant observation in daily school community. were essential for the consolidation of this dissertational work involving a theme, which certainly, is in vogue in the Brazilian education and That served as the basis for this title dissertation: Management democratic ways and possibilities: A in a public elementary school case study in Belém. This dissertation Thesis presents in Its fifth chapter the basic tripod for scientific analysis related to the democratic management which are: Direct election for the School Board, direct election for chief articulator/social, for students union, this last one under the direction of the students. The basis of this tripod must be seated in the qualitative participation of all categories of the school community, preserving and respecting the autonomy of each on and demonstrates the approach and the contribution of the externa! community to the process of teaching and learning. At finally, but not less important propose some suggestions that are exposed on the conclusion and clearly demonstrate the need to implement some ways to be followed and implemented so that actually and by law the participatory democratic management, may be conducted according to Ulrich the concepts of this dissertation, are directly related to education, participation, and autonomy. However, this requires some adjustments in the Law 7.722/94, in its resolution 036/2008, and indeed the knowledge mastery of the Law 9394/96.

An Assessment of Pharmacological Properties of Schinus Essential Oils: A Soft Computing Approach

Plants of genus Schinus are native South America and introduced in Mediterranean countries, a long time ago. Some Schinus species have been used in folk medicine, and Essential Oils of Schinus spp. (EOs) have been reported as having antimicrobial, anti-tumoural and anti-inflammatory properties. Such assets are related with the EOs chemical composition that depends largely on the species, the geographic and climatic region, and on the part of the plants used. Considering the difficulty to infer the pharmacological properties of EOs of Schinus species without a hard experimental setting, this work will focus on the development of an Artificial Intelligence grounded Decision Support System to predict pharmacological properties of Schinus EOs. The computational framework was built on top of a Logic Programming Case Base approach to knowledge representation and reasoning, which caters to the handling of incomplete, unknown, or even self-contradictory information. New clustering methods centered on an analysis of attribute’s similarities were used to distinguish and aggregate historical data according to the context under which it was added to the Case Base, therefore enhancing the prediction process.

A Case-base Approach to Workforces’ Satisfaction Assessment

It is well known that human resources play a valuable role in a sustainable organizational development. Indeed, this work will focus on the development of a decision support system to assess workers’ satisfaction based on factors related to human resources management practices. The framework is built on top of a Logic Programming approach to Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, complemented with a Case Based approach to computing. The proposed solution is unique in itself, once it caters for the explicit treatment of incomplete, unknown, or even self-contradictory information, either in terms of a qualitative or quantitative setting. Furthermore, clustering methods based on similarity analysis among cases were used to distinguish and aggregate collections of historical data or knowledge in order to reduce the search space, therefore enhancing the cases retrieval and the overall computational process.

Design and Technology: A Historical Perspective on the Mediating Role of Technology Between Industrial Design and Engineering

The interdisciplinary relationship between industrial design and mechanical engineering is sensitive. This research focuses on understanding how one can positively mediate this relation, in order to foster innovation. In this paper, technology is considered for this role since it has, in some historical moments, served as an integrator of these two disciplines, in processes that led to innovation. By means of an extensive literature review, covering three different periods of technological development, both disciplines’ positioning in society and their link with technology are analyzed and compared. The three case studies selected help to illustrate, precisely, the technology positioning between both disciplines and society. Literature assumes that industrial design is rooted in the rise of criticism against both the machine and the mechanized production. This is an opposing approach to the current paradigm, in which design plays a fundamental role in adapting technology to society. Also, the social problems caused by the mechanized and massive production triggered the mechanical engineering emergence, as a professionalized discipline. Technology was intrinsically connected with both industrial design and mechanical engineering emergence and subsequent evolution. In the technology conflict with society lays the reform and regulation for design practice, in its broadest sense.

Historical landmarks of decent work

Structured Abstract Purpose: this article systemizes the main historical milestones which led to the current concept of decent work and presents some implications for business. Approach: after presenting the scenario which gives a special meaning and importance to decent work, the historical landmarks are systematized until the definition of the Decent Work Agenda. Findings: Decent work is a concept that has evolved since the ILO Foundation in 1919 and had several important steps throughout its development: Philadelphia Declaration in 1944, ILO constitution update in 1946, Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, Human Development Report, first edition in 1990, World Summit for Social Development in 1995, ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work in 1998, World Economic Forum in 1999, Global Compact in 2000, United Nations Millennium Declaration in 2000, ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization in 2008, Global Jobs Compact in 2009, and inclusion in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Throughout this development we can witness the refinement and operationalization of the concept, its institutionalization and its spread at political level, at least as an intention. Practical implications: the business area is a privileged forum to turn policies into practices and some examples are provided. Value: although decent work emerged in a very different social and economic scenario from the present time, it is claimed to be even more topical and relevant for the development of business and society today.