Olhar docente: imaginários de currículo e fracasso escolar

Abstract

This study approaches the imaginary of teachers who work in the early years of Elementary School in the city of Cascavel - PR on school failure and curriculum. The objective of the research was to reveal these imaginary seeking to apprehend the teachers' perceptions on students who have difficulties and learning problems in their classrooms, what would be their practices facing the difficulties and if the Curriculum for Municipal Public Network of Education from Cascavel would contribute to tackling these issues. The research is comprised of three ramifications: bibliographic research, document research and field research, through the focus group technique (GATTI, 2012) and semi structured interviews. Data were analyzed performing surveys for quantitative and qualitative analysis by Laurence Bardin (1977) content analysis technique, the data were quantified by the occurrence number and arranged per unit of meaning. We problematized the teachers’ imaginary perception on school failure and curriculum, from Michel Maffesoli theoretical perspective on comprehensive sociology, and from Edgar Morin contributions to the education field. The data analysis indicated as causes for the school failure, according to the participating teachers’ imaginary, family and social environment as one of the main causes attributed by the deponents. The students themselves and their difficulties / learning problems, including the "institutional dullness" were other revealed aspects. The teacher pedagogical work and the physical and educational material conditions on school environment, also including the function and role of the pedagogical coordinator are causes that were also attributed by the deponents, and the problems faced by the current society were also raised. Regarding the contributions of the Curriculum for Municipal Public Network of Education in Cascavel, it was not possible to detect whether this document contributes to tackling school failure, because it is not used.