Elements of the cognitive analysis of public policies in the understanding of schooling actions in different territories and their territorialities

Abstract

This work intends to present discussions related to the foundations of cognitive analysis of public policies through a conceptual theoretical framework that includes decisions, instrumentation and regulation that reverberate in the complexity of schooling in Brazil and, in a second place, based on such reflections, conceptualize the scholar institution and schooling in the context of territoriality. In view of the considerations presented based on a qualitative perspective, and with the purpose of reflecting on the bases of cognitive analysis of public policies, considerations about Brazilian education are addressed, aiming at a contextualized understanding of the concepts of cognitive or normative matrices; the action of public actors and public agents toward education policies; public policy instruments and modes of regulation; the relationship between decentralization/deconcentration; the responsibility of the State, public actors and public agents; and, finally, reflections on the concepts of territory and territoriality considering schooling, seeking to glimpse some possibilities within this scope.