Discriminações no ambiente escolar: como a gestão pode atuar para promover a valorização da diversidade

Abstract

This dissertation addresses the discrimination that occurred at the Cecília Meireles State School, located in Belo Horizonte. The main objective of the research is to investigate how school management can contribute to the reduction of racist, sexist and LGBTQIAPN+phobic attitudes, promoting the appreciation of diversity. Based on this question, work has as its general objective to verify how discrimination occurs and is combated in the school environment. The specific objectives are: to describe the attitude of school management in the face of cases of discrimination that occur in the school environment; to analyze whether the attitudes of the institution's professionals aim to combat discriminatory actions in a specific way or anchored in appropriate methodological tools in academic and/or continuing education; and to propose strategies based on management actions that instrumentalize or improve daily approaches, experienced by teachers and other employees, aiming at the construction of an environment of peace and appreciation of diversity. The methodology used in this study has a qualitative approach. The research presents in the introduction the description of the institution locus of the work, in chapter two it analyzes the discriminatory attitudes that occurred in the school and the legal framework related to the subject in Minas Gerais and in Brazil, in chapter three it analyzes the didactic and management practices that promote diversity in the school environment dialoguing with theoretical references of Almeida, Silva and Marques (2014), Hooks (2015), (Colins, 2021), Freyre (2006), Gomes (2013), (Junior and Maio, 2016), Gonçalves (1985), Pocay (2011), Rebolo and Pereira (2017), Pereira and Rebolo (2017) and Guimarães and Pereira (2019), Pereira and Guimarães (2019), Mori, Porto and Wermuth (2021) and Sodré (2023) addressing topics such as the Law 10.639/03, 11.645/08, structural racism, intersectionality and multiculturalism. In chapter four, the research proposed the development of an Educational Action Plan (PAE) anchored in the practice of Restorative Justice to implement dialogue as a conflict resolution strategy in the institution. The research aims to encourage future research on school management and the promotion of diversity, in addition to suggesting improvements in pedagogical practices to strengthen the fight against discrimination and value diversity in schools.