O papel do gestor escolar na transformação da escola em organização aprendente “Caso das Escolas Primárias Completas 4 de Outubro e Maguiguana”

Abstract

The present work is the result of the research on “The role of the school manager in the transformation of School in Learning Organization” whose objective is to analyze the role of the school manager in the transformation of the school into a learning organization. It proposes a reflective thinking about the educational innovation and its application possibilities to school organization. The study has the objective of analyzing the vision and practice of School Managers/Directors from theories of innovation and indicate processes that facilitate educational innovation, with a view to contributing to the building innovative school environments. Develops concepts of learning organization, school as a learning organisation, characteristics of schools as learning organisations, organizational learning process. A mixed research approach study is proposed, that is, the combination of qualitative and quantitative methods in order to respond to the objectives and the problem previously established. Data collection instruments such as interview and questionnaires, which facilitated the collection of data that allowed answering the research questions. Its results demonstrate that the transformation of the school into learning organization lacks principles of innovation and the development of communities of learning, enabling the creation of innovative school environments and strengthening the building a school as a learning organization.