A formação de leitores e a perspectiva de políticas públicas para a leitura em Manaus

Abstract

This research aims to reflect upon the public policies regarding reading in our country, focusing on the promotion of reading in state schools. Thus, we intend to comprehend the reasons for the low proficiency in reading and writing skills of the students, since every year, more and more programs and projects are created to motivate reading habits. Before this situation, this research shows that reading practices designed by these public policies have been being inefficient, which can be seen by means of official evaluations on reading proficiency such as PISA, Prova Brasil, IDEB, and ENEM. The programs specifically formulated for reading in a country of people who study and read actually, end up, paradoxically, frustrating reading formation compatible with the competencies necessary for preparing and capacitating the students for the practice of their citizenship. Therefore, this research presents conceptions and executions of public policies concerning reading, as well as an analysis of the implementation of such policies in a state school, Instituto de Educação do Amazonas - IEA. This study, thus, showed a lack of continuity in the development of public policies for reading. Therefore, it is necessary that the school community also be the target of these policies with efficient programs for motivating the reading and writing habits, and the acquisition of books for teachers, directors, reading agents in general, and librarians. We think that programs for encouraging the acquisition of books and reading habits must be prioritized by those who believe that reading can lead our country to improvements and citizenship; and, even though there is a long way ahead, something has to be done in order to immediately change this difficult reality. In state schools, it is possible to observe that, even though these schools know about the public policies for reading, many people do not have access to these policies because they simply are not aware of them; so, there is need for stimulating everybody in school for reading, as well as for the school to have a library, a privileged environment for the improvement of reading habits.