O arranjo de desenvolvimento da educação (ADE) no Maranhão: o caso do ADE dos Guarás e suas repercussões na qualidade do ensino

Abstract

This dissertation addresses the Education Development Arrangements (ADE) in the brazilian territory, focusing on the state of Maranhão. The ADE's are characterized as an organization among the municipalities that, when approaching due to having similar educational challenges, seek alternatives to overcome the educational problems found among them. The study aimed to analyze the process of inter-municipal collaboration in Maranhão, emphasizing its repercussions for the quality of education, based on the experience of Ade Guarás. The methodological route encompassed bibliographic research, document analysis and field research. The theoretical framework for analysis of the research object was supported by the authors Dourado (2004), Freitas (2008), Araújo (2013), Gentili (2002) among others who elucidate the partnership in the educational field between the State and the private sector that occurred from from 1990, deal with federalism, decentralization of educational public policies and non-governmental organizations. The research was inspired by the historical-dialectical materialist method to apprehend the investigated reality, and as a technique the case study of Ade Guarás, focusing on the municipality of Guimarães, which together with the municipalities of Apicum-Açu, Bacuri, Cedral, Central from Maranhão, Mirinzal, Porto Rico, Cururupu and Serrano do Maranhão are part of the ADE in reference. As data collection instruments, semi-structured interviews were used with institutional implementers and questionnaires to school managers, and for data analysis, content analysis guided by Bardin (2004). The results point to the growing interest of Maranhão municipalities in establishing inter-municipal collaboration partnerships in the ADE format with the intermediation of the private sector with a view to the development of quality education