Contribuição da biblioteca escolar no efeito escola relacionado à Prova Brasil - Leitura: estudo em Belo Horizonte, Contagem e Betim

Abstract

The school library has the peculiarity of being linked to the educational goals and shares, therefore, the educational task, but it cannot refrain from being, in the first place, a library. A descriptive survey was conducted in 24 public school libraries in Belo Horizonte, Contagem and Betim in order to comprehend and to analyze the possible contributions of school libraries on the results of students in the test Brasil-leitura, with the "school effect" indicator as parameter, and to try to establish a correlation between the results of students from the Brazilian public schools and the characteristics of their school libraries. The sample was selected from high, medium or low results of schools, including municipal and state education systems in the three municipalities. It was carried out the collection of qualitative and quantitative data from libraries based on the study group of school libraries [Grupo de Estudos em Bibliotecas Escolares GEBE] parameters; interview with the managers of the library; observation in loco; and application of questionnaires to principals, pedagogues and Portuguese language teachers of the 5th year of elementary school. In conclusion, it was not possible to relate the quality of libraries with the results of students in their schools, since it was found that most of the libraries did not even meet the basic requirements. Moreover, it was also found a distance between the school pedagogical proposal and the school library actions and services, in the majority of cases.