This text intends to present the results of a research done in the public schools of Maré, Rio de Janeiro. The objective of the research was to bring light to the effects of the actions of a social program that was developed in the schools, looking for the construction of an evaluation instrument for social projects based on the perspective of participation and collectivity. The methodology adopted is called investigation/intervention, having Institutional Analysis as base tools. It was possible to apprehend the dynamics of the social relations produced by the insertion of new social actors in the school daily life, what highlighted the established practices and the limits of the forces that considered themselves instituted.
Social psychology; Education; Institutional analysis; Research methodology