As concepções e práticas da gestão do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará (IFCE) Campus Iguatu

Abstract

This study had as purposeto analyze the perceptions and practices of the management of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará (IFCE) Iguatu Campus. A bibliographic study was carried out on the theoretical-methodological conceptions about planning, educational management, democratic management, its importance and how it can and should be experienced in the daily school life, as well as an analysis of the official documents regarding the studied subject. In the theoretical referential was also reported on the origin of federal institutes, highlighting the Federal Institute of Ceará and the history of the Campus Iguatu, site of the research. The work was characterized with an exploratory research with a qualitative-quantitative approach. An electronic survey questionnaire with open questions and multiple choices was applied to effective administrative and teaching staff, except for those who are in the probationary stage, which according to Law nº 8112/90 is for three years. Of the fifty-three questionnaires submitted, a return of forty-four answered was obtained, twenty-nine of administrative technicians and fifteen of teachers. The data were analyzed by the content analysis method and the results were discussed as a matter of fact and presented through graphs. It was observed that most of the interviewees have knowledge about democratic management, its importance within the school environment, emphasizing that in order to actually happen democratic management requires participation of the school community in all decisions, this is not easy, but a process always under construction. According to the reports analyzed, it was noticed that in the Iguatu Campus, there is a management practice that is considered democratic, but it is still necessary to improve the participation of all segments, especially in the administrative-financial planning of the institution.