Banca de DEFESA: THIAGO GERALDO SANTOS SALES

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : THIAGO GERALDO SANTOS SALES
DATE: 04/08/2023
TIME: 13:00
LOCAL: Google meet
TITLE:

Student representation in basic education: a case study of a public school in Minas Gerais

KEY WORDS:

Student Representation; Participation; Education.

PAGES: 114
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Educação
SUMMARY:

This research aimed to understand the dynamics of student representation in a public
school in Minas Gerais. We analyzed the experiences lived by student
representatives in the Class Representative Council through a case study, carrying
out observations, document analysis, interview, and the application of a
questionnaire. In this way, we seek to answer: how is student representation built
and what learning emerged from this representative experience? To answer this
question, it was necessary to study youth and the main aspects of high school
student representation and its relations with the student movement. The data were
analyzed using political representation theories. We observed that the dynamics of
student representation int the school was guided by a regulation by the State
Department of Education to create the Class Representative Council, which was
made up of students elected by vote, chosen mainly due to their communicative
skills. The council, coordinated by two professors, met throughout the school year to
raise, and discuss demands, inform students, define an action plan, and decide on
the organization of events. The school has been encouraging student representation
and there are advances and difficulties in meeting demands. When we look at the
representatives’ experience in the representative process, we come across with the
development of communication and leadership, the addition of responsibilities,
solidarity, a sense of citizenship, as well as other affections that challenge them. At
the same time, difficulties in the relationship between representatives and those
represented are evident, as well as frustration when demands are not reached, and
participation is not full. The research shows the importance of teachers’ guidance in
helping students to organize. Finally, we show that the representative experience
opens up to a pedagogical experience of politics, influencing the construction of
values such as respect, cooperation and solidarity, essentials to citizenship
education.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Externa à Instituição - BEATRIZ DE BASTOS TEIXEIRA - UFJF
Externo ao Programa - 1278382 - CASSIO CORREA BENJAMIN
Interna - 1477033 - MARIA DO SOCORRO ALENCAR NUNES MACEDO
Presidente - 1169112 - PAULO CESAR PINHEIRO