Theory of social reproduction and educational inequalities

• Autor(a) principal: Almeida, Grasiany Sousa de
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Santos, Maria Irilene Alves dos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Práticas Educativas, Memórias e Oralidades
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.uece.br/index.php/revpemo/article/view/3571
• topic: Reprodução social; Realidade da Educação; Desigualdade Educacional; Social reproduction; Reality of Education; Educational Inequality

Theories based on philosophical principles can be useful for understanding educational phenomena. Thus, the Theory of Social Reproduction proposed by scholars Pierre Bourdieu and Jean-Claude Passeron in the 20th century, which deals with a system that involves characteristics of individuals (Habitus), the scope where such aspects are processed and constituted (Field), and the possession of certain goods (capital), material or not, which can be economic, cultural and social. The concepts that, if considered in an educational context, will be directly related to the selection of students and the maintenance of social classes according to the knowledge that is worked in the classroom, which according to the authors, privilege those of the dominant class. Thus, this study is theoretical in nature and aimed to discuss educational inequalities in the light of the Theory of Social Reproduction.