Public Policies for School Libraries: construction of a program of action at the Secretariat of Education in Juazeiro do Norte - CE
School Library. Public policy. Educational Policies. Public Schools in Juazeiro do Norte.
It addresses a reflection on public policies for school libraries, taking into account the social and political aspects of this space. It presents a historical cut of the school library, Brazilian education and educational policies, as well as provides a conceptual dialogue on the subject in question from the authors used as theoretical reference. It analyzes the school library trying to understand its current context and its multiple possibilities of action, as well as its educational function as a social and cultural promoter. The problem that guides the research is to understand how has been developed the work of the Municipal Education Office of Juazeiro do Norte-CE regarding the proposal of public policies for school libraries? In this sense, the general objective is to investigate how the public policies for school libraries are given in this Secretariat, aiming to propose a program of action. The methodological procedures of the research are classified as descriptive and exploratory, as far as the means is bibliographical and documentary, it is limited to a case study. Regarding the nature of the data, this study is configured as quantitative and qualitative. The instruments of data collection are questionnaires and interviews, and data analysis will be through content analysis. It is hoped to contribute to establish new reflections and debates on the theme and proposes the elaboration of a program of action for school libraries, in order to contribute to the operation and dynamisation of this space.