Family-school relationship in Brazil: a state of knowledge (1997-2011)

• Autor(a) principal: Nogueira, Maria Alice
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: de Freitas Resende, Tânia
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: EDUCAÇÃO: Teoria e Prática
• Texto Completo: https://www.periodicos.rc.biblioteca.unesp.br/index.php/educacao/article/view/15325
• topic: Relação Família-escola. Estado do Conhecimento. Sociologia da Educação.; Family-school Relationship. State of Knowledge. Sociology of Education.; Relación Familia-escuela. Estado de Conocimiento. Sociología de la Educación.

The article presents results of a “state of knowledge” that researched dissertations and theses about family-school relationship, from 1997 to 2011 on Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior’s (CAPES) database. We identified 266 works, of which we analyzed: type (dissertation or thesis), number of texts over time and distribution by areas of knowledge. The texts from Sociology of Education’s area (N= 88) deserved a specific study, in which we identified: theme, theoretical references, methodological procedures and empirical field; main results. Therefore, it was possible  to draw a view of Brazilian sociological production on family-school relationship, identifying its main tendencies and gaps, convergent and divergent results. Our findings pointed to an increasing production. The texts focus predominantly on low-income groups, especially on elementary education, with qualitative studies, and a strong influence of French literature. We highlight the need of a stronger critical distancing of the studies regarding their theoretical references.