The Teaching of Sociology in Uruguay: an analysis from the teacher’s narratives

• Main Author: Oliveira, Amurabi
• Publication Date: 2019
• Format: Article
• Language: por
• Source: Política & Sociedade (Online)
• Download full: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/politica/article/view/2175-7984.2019v18n41p261

This work examines the teaching of sociology in Uruguay bringing some purchasing elements with Brazil, which will be done considering both the peculiarities in terms of educational systems in both countries, as well as, and especially, the evaluations carried out by sociology teachers. Methodologically the work is based on semi-structured interviews conducted in Montevideo, with emphasis on the trajectories of the agents and their incorporated social dispositions. It is observed that the Uruguayan teachers consolidate a teaching identity still in its initial formation, however, there is an evident generational cut among those who carried out the training before and after 2008. It was also found as a characteristic a strong “antimanualist” position of Uruguayan sociology teachers, reinforced by the tendency to combine different teaching methodologies in their practices.