Um estudo crítico entre instituições públicas e a Escola Estadual Meninos do Futuro : entrelaçando poder e saber

Abstract

This study examines the relations between two public institutions of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso: State Department of Education (SEDUC) and Department of Justice and Human Rights (SEJUDH) – both geared at the warranty of education and at the right to justice of young adolescents who are deprived of freedom –, and the State School Meninos do Futuro that is part of Pomeri Social Educational Center, a higher division that is in charge of the units that receive the adolescents who commit infractions. The study is based on the assumptions of the Theory of Representations of Social Actors (Van LEEUWEN, 1997; 2008), Critical Discourse Analysis of Fairclough (1989, 2001, 2003) and the philosophy of Critical Realism of Baskar (1989, 2002). It is a research study marked by a theoretical triangulation of critical nature that makes it possible to describe and interpret qualitative data collected in the school environment by means of interviews with social actors from administrators to the social and educational team. The guiding research questions are: 1) How are the relations between SEDUC and SEJUDH regarding organization, planning and the management of the State School Meninos do Futuro? 2) How does SEJUDH view SEDUC, Pomeri Social Educational Center, and the State School Meninos do Futuro? 3) How does SEDUC view the State School Meninos do Futuro and how is organized to attend the demands of the students? 4) What structures are necessary to guarantee a policy of proper assistance to the young adolescents deprived of freedom? Results show a lack of a proper institutional integration between SEDUC and SEJUDH in its organization, planning and school management. Data demonstrated that relations between SEJUDH and SEDUC are not well articulated in that they view each other with distinct responsibilities, and as a result of that they contradict the guidelines of National System of Social Educational Assistance (SINASE).