Indicadores de qualidade social da educação profissional de nível médio na Escola Integrado

Abstract

This study comprises the quality of education inspired by a conception of integral human formation which understands it as a socially referenced quality. It aims to study the social quality of secondary school professional education in Integrated School [Escola Integrado] based on indicators pointed out by Dourado (2009), Gadotti (2013) Frigotto (2010), Fonseca (2009) and Forneiro (2008) that were developed from a case study concerning to the reality of Integrated School as an expression of the other units of the Network of State Schools of Technological Education in the State of Pará [Rede de Escolas Estaduais de Educação Tecnológica do Estado do Pará]. We used the technique of semi-structured interview with school professionals (managers and teachers) who provided us with data for content analysis that were cross-checked to Brazilian legislation. The system indicator “teaching provision conditions”, in which we evaluated the infrastructure of Integrated School was chosen as an analysis instrument in five variables through observation in four dimensions of school environment defined by Forneiro (2008): physical, functional, relational and temporal. These dimensions allowed us to reveal that the conditions of provision of the secondary school professional education in Integrated School are precarious, but several significant aspects for the social quality of the professional education in Integrated School can be observed in these variables: classrooms, appropriate school environment for teaching, leisure and recreation activities, sports and cultural practices, and community meetings; equipment in quantity, quality and conditions appropriate to school activities; Library and teaching laboratories.