Gestão democrática e participativa no contexto da educação infantil: desafios e realidades

Abstract

For a better understanding of Democratic Management, this final paper has the general objective: To investigate what Early Childhood Education managers know about Democratic Management. As specific objectives: Identify the main challenges for implementing Democratic Management in Early Childhood Education; To know how the process of Democratic Management is carried out in the researched institutions. Through bibliographic research and field research and with the use of questionnaires, we sought to produce data that would answer the initial questions of the research. The field of research were three teaching institutions, which two were public schools and one private school. The collaborators were three managers who worked in Early Childhood Education. With the data produced in the field research, we started the interpretations and analyzes on the object of study, under the light of theorists. During the work, questions were asked about what democratic management is, what are the challenges and its importance in working in the context of Early Childhood Education.