A análise do clima escolar como paradigma para um novo cuidado

Abstract

Introduction:The population's perception of the meaning of school is fundamental, as education is an important social determinant. The School’s climate is the students’perception of the institution with regard to interpersonal relationships, infrastructure, community engagement, co-management, among other factors.Objective:to characterize the school climate based on the students' perception, emphasizingboth the weakestand the most established dimensions.Methodology:across-sectional study was carried outwith 129 students which enrolled in the second year of high school in 2018 in state-runschools in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte,Brazil. Thesubjectsanswered a questionnaire to identify their socioeconomic profile and school climate. Frequencies and measures of central tendency were calculated.Results:About 80% of the students agreed that they like being at school or feel they have good friends at school; 70% say that the relationship among all school actorsis good; 67.20% feel that those who work at the school enjoy what they do. However, 40% of the students do not feel proud of their school, a mere 32% agreed that everyone participates in making important decisions at school, and only 53% statedthey feel safe at school.Conclusions:The results show that Management &Transparency and Infrastructure are the most fragile dimensions of the school climate, while the most established ones are Friendship, Interpersonal Relations, Welcoming and Equality and Mutual Collaboration