Organization of contryside school: conceptions and expectations of teachers

Abstract

This paper is the result of a research project which aimed at analyzing the conceptions and expectations of teachers regarding the organization of countryside school. The theoretical studies arose from the Countryside Education Policies, underpinned on the works of Arroyo (2007) and Caldart (2004, 2008). The methodology had qualitative approach, being that in order to collect the data, semistructured interviews with the teachers of a countryside school, situated in the Settlement Carimã, city of Rondonópolis, in the Southeast Region of the State of Mato Grosso and analysis of the Pedagogical Political Project of the referred school were utilized. The obtained information indicate a concern of the interviewed with the need of reinforcing the comprehension of the democratic principles which guide the administration and the organization of the countryside school.

Keywords

• Countryside Education Policies
• School Organization
• School Administration