MILITARY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE FEDERAL DISTRICT: A STUDY ON DISCIPLINE AND SOCIAL PARTICIPATION FROM THE STUDENT'S
Shared Management. Civic-Military School. Discipline. Militarization of education. Social participation.
This research seeks to analyze the perspective of students about discipline and social participation within militarized public schools in the Federal District (DF), where, by 2022, fifteen public schools were transformed into Civic-Military Colleges. The management of these units came to be called Shared Management, which occurred with the partnership between the State Department of Education and the State Department of Public Security, in addition to adherence to the National Program of CivicMilitary Schools (PECIM). There is, therefore, the inclusion of new actors in the school space: the Military Police of the Federal District (PMDF), the Military Fire Department of the Federal District (CBMDF) and the Armed Forces (FA). Based on this reality, this study has the following specific objectives: i) to investigate the concept of disciplinary culture within the new parameter of school organization; ii) analyze the students' perception of the subject; iii) identify social participation within the new management; and iv) verify the relationship between discipline and social participation. To this end, the research uses the Qualitative Method as a methodological procedure and a Case Study approach to the reality of the Federal District as a strategy, applying multiple data collection instruments, such as document analysis, bibliographic review and focus group. The research subjects are students in the 9 th grade of Elementary and High School from three militarized educational units in the DF with the performance of the disciplinary management of the PMDF, the CBMDF and the FA. It was possible to identify with the research the importance of designing the terminology regarding the understanding of the militarization of education, the growth of this phenomenon within civilian institutions and the exponential increase in the number of militarized schools from 2019. Another element in evidence is the relevance of the productions on the subject, with a view to expanding the debate on more effective educational public policies. The challenge of school discipline and the social participation of the school community, as characteristics that reverberate the quality of education, were explored and the concept of applied disciplinary culture is that of military discipline, which does not suit the purposes of public education in the Federal District. The students' perception of the discipline is that compliance with the rules is due to fear of the applied sanctions and not to the understanding and meaning of school norms. Thus, it can be concluded that the principles of democratic exercise and citizenship are not being encouraged. In addition, it is observed that there is an incompatibility between social participation and military discipline within the school space.