Gestão pedagógica administrativa em cursos profissionalizantes em Enfermagem

Abstract

Introduction: School's management is intrinsically related to the educational area, and requires the manager to conduct work developed by teachers in a way to guarantee the best results possible toward student's formation, keeping in mind learning process' quality. This study presents the relation between pedagogy and administration in school's management focused in the technical nursing course manager. Objectives: Describe how technical school managers understand the managing role and to know how the administrative pedagogical management work processes. Method: Through an exploratory, descriptive and qualitative study, eight interviews with school managers were realized, both in private and public sectors, using content data analysis preconized by Bardin. After analysis four categories were considered: 1. Manager's Administrative Function; 2. Manager's Pedagogical Function; 3. Manager's Pedagogical Formation; 4. Manager's Daily Work. Results: Briefing showed how the relationship between pedagogy and administration works in school and how management is processed. Conclusion: Manager's Administrative Function is grounded in pedagogical and political questions which must provide resources to the implementation and evaluation of the Pedagogical Political Project. In Pedagogical Management, managers present some variables in their functions, signalizing that some professionals assume responsibility of various activities while others don't. The pedagogical and administrative formation of the manager reveals it is own constructive aspect. On daily life, managers must be aware to work organization, mainly pedagogical work, which must be responsibility of all professionals involved in teaching.