QUALIDADE DA EDUCAÇÃO ESCOLAR EM DISPUTA: REPRESENTAÇÕES SOCIAIS E POLÍTICAS DE AVALIAÇÃO EM ESCOLAS PÚBLICAS
QUALIDADE DA EDUCAÇÃO ESCOLAR EM DISPUTA: REPRESENTAÇÕES SOCIAIS E POLÍTICAS DE AVALIAÇÃO EM ESCOLAS PÚBLICAS
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.6491426240312
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Palavras-chave: Qualidade da educação; Representações sociais; Avaliação em larga escala; Gestão escolar; políticas educacionais.
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Keywords: Educational quality; Social representations; Large-scale assessment; School management; Educational policies.
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Abstract: This article analyzes social representations of school education quality through the articulation of educational policies, academic production, and the discourses of actors working in public schools. Based on the assumption that educational quality is a socially constructed and historically situated concept shaped by discursive disputes, the study examines how large-scale assessment policies—particularly those related to the Basic Education Development Index (IDEB)—influence school work organization and conceptions of quality. The research is grounded in Social Representations Theory and Institutional Analysis, adopting a methodological approach that combines document analysis, semi-structured interviews, and questionnaires administered to principals, teachers, staff members, students, and parents from public schools with high and low IDEB results. Data analysis was conducted using the Collective Subject Discourse method. The findings reveal a strong convergence between academic, official, and school-based discourses, with a predominant emphasis on external assessment results as the main indicator of educational quality. Although qualitative dimensions such as democratic management and pedagogical practices are acknowledged, they are largely subordinated to measurable performance outcomes. The study concludes that assessment policies significantly shape school practices, reinforcing mechanisms of control and accountability while constraining the development of socially referenced and emancipatory conceptions of educational quality.
- Geovani Junio Fidelis da Costa
- Jorge Augusto de Medeiros Pinheiro