Public policies in education: reflective considerations on the PDE - educational development program of the state of Paraná

Abstract

ABSTRACTThis text presents preliminary data from an ongoing research on PDE - Educational Development Program in Paraná State. The goal is to identify elements that will contribute to the construction of assessment indicators about the impact of the program on public schools of Paraná State in terms of improving the professional qualification of teachers and their results in improving the quality of teaching in the educational public system. At this stage of the research, documents from the SEED (Paraná State Department of Education) about the PDE available on the Dia a Dia Educação portal were used, in addition to bibliographic sources. Data from two studies on the profile of Brazilian adolescents were also used in order to assist in discussions about public policy on screen considering the public to which it is intended. Some initial notes in this study indicate the need to rethink the educational public policies and the PDE as an alternative for the improvement of education in Paraná State. The school has to be thought as space for the construction of the citizenship by continued training of its teachers.

Key words: Educational Policies. Teacher formation. Educational development program.