Relação família-escola no Brasil: um estado do conhecimento (1997-2011)

Abstract

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 266works, 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. There fore, 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.