Características de liderança na definição do perfil do coordenador de departamento : um caso em estudo
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2011
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No percurso para o crescente aumento da autonomia da Escola e da consequente evolução organizacional, preconizados pelos mais recentes normativos, a temática da liderança reveste-se de uma importância acrescida, nomeadamente no que diz respeito aos cargos de gestão intermédia, pois coloca os actores destes cargos numa posição privilegiada para agirem como líderes facilitadores da mudança.
Este trabalho de investigação pretende saber qual é a importância atribuída pelos docentes às diversas funções que o coordenador de um departamento curricular, um gestor intermédio, é hoje chamado a assumir no âmbito da organização escolar, e conhecer as características de liderança mais valorizadas pelos docentes na definição do seu perfil.
Ancoramos a dissertação numa fundamentação teórica organizada em torno de três grandes dimensões - a organização escolar, a liderança e a supervisão. Nesta investigação seguimos um paradigma predominantemente quantitativo, usando como instrumento o inquérito por questionário de administração directa. A população alvo é constituída pelos professores de um agrupamento de escolas do concelho de Matosinhos.
Os resultados do estudo indicam que, na opinião dos docentes, o coordenador de departamento curricular deverá ser capaz de gerir conflitos, promover um trabalho colaborativo e liderar num ambiente democrático. Para os docentes, os principais obstáculos que se colocam ao desempenho do cargo de coordenador de departamento prendem-se com as numerosas funções atribuídas e com a falta de tempo para as executar com eficácia.
On the path to increase school autonomy and the consequent organizational evolution, proposed by the new regulation, the theme of leadership is of great importance, namely concerning the positions of middle management, because it leads the people in charge of these positions to act as change enabling leaders. This research work is based on a study of the importance attached by the teachers to the diverse tasks that the curricular department coordinator - an intermediate manager - is required to perform in today's school organization. We intend to know the characteristics of leadership most valued by teachers in the definition of the most appropriate profile to the performance of the department coordinator. We anchor this thesis on a theoretical base organized around three major branches - school's organization, leadership and supervision. In this research we followed a paradigm that is mainly quantitative. The instruments used were surveys using direct questionnaires and the target population were teachers of a group of schools in Matosinhos. The results of the study indicate that the characteristics of leadership that the teachers value the most in the profile of the coordinator of a curriculum department are the ability to manage conflict, the promotion of a collaborative working environment and the democracy in the act of leadership. The teachers of our case study consider that the main obstacles facing the performance of a department coordinator mainly relate to the many demands and job functions that are necessary for the coordinator to carry out, and with the lack of time to implement them effectively.
On the path to increase school autonomy and the consequent organizational evolution, proposed by the new regulation, the theme of leadership is of great importance, namely concerning the positions of middle management, because it leads the people in charge of these positions to act as change enabling leaders. This research work is based on a study of the importance attached by the teachers to the diverse tasks that the curricular department coordinator - an intermediate manager - is required to perform in today's school organization. We intend to know the characteristics of leadership most valued by teachers in the definition of the most appropriate profile to the performance of the department coordinator. We anchor this thesis on a theoretical base organized around three major branches - school's organization, leadership and supervision. In this research we followed a paradigm that is mainly quantitative. The instruments used were surveys using direct questionnaires and the target population were teachers of a group of schools in Matosinhos. The results of the study indicate that the characteristics of leadership that the teachers value the most in the profile of the coordinator of a curriculum department are the ability to manage conflict, the promotion of a collaborative working environment and the democracy in the act of leadership. The teachers of our case study consider that the main obstacles facing the performance of a department coordinator mainly relate to the many demands and job functions that are necessary for the coordinator to carry out, and with the lack of time to implement them effectively.
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Orientação: Maria de Lourdes Pina Manique Ferreira Braga Figueiredo Pereira
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EDUCAÇÃO, PEDAGOGIA, LIDERANÇA, EDUCATION, PEDAGOGY, LEADERSHIP, MESTRADO EM CIÊNCIAS DA EDUCAÇÃO, SUPERVISÃO, SUPERVISION, ORGANIZAÇÃO ESCOLAR, SCHOOL ORGANIZATION, GESTÃO ESCOLAR, EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT