Projeto educativo municipal

: da retórica às (perceções sobre as) práticas : um estudo de caso

Abstract

The current thesis focuses on a Municipal Educational Project - PEM. Such type of project has been emerging nationwide out a growing decentralization desire by central governments, as well as by the growing desire of Municipal Authorities to take control of Education processes within their region of authority. Competencies previously allocated to a central Ministry of Education have gradually been transferred to the control of Municipal Authorities. The work focuses on one specific document-based case study. Through structured interviews, inquiries and questionnaires, we move from theoretical principles - the rhetorics - to collect a substantive set of empirical data that we confront with the theoretical principles - the practices. In this analysis process, we confront the various agents involved with a specific PEM with the real practices as they have been observed. We note significant discrepancies between what several theoretical principles establish for the various entities involved with a PEM and what reality as expressed by the empirical data determines and suggests. These discrepancies refer to the processes that regulate education, the autonomy of schools, the concept of ‘educational city’ and the role played by the Municipal Education Council, among others. To conclude the thesis, the main conclusions are summarized.

Date of Award	22 Apr 2016
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Ilídia Cabral (Supervisor)