Mobilização parental e excelência escolar: um estudo das práticas educativas de famílias das classes médias

Abstract

The present work belongs to a new and emergent field of studies on Education Sociology that investigates the school trajectories of individuals and educative strategies used by families of different social strata. The aim of this present research is to investigate the daily and domestic processes that reflect the projects and the educative strategies of the families that are depicted as the superior fractions of the middle class, along a fixed education period of their children. The citizens participating are mothers and students of 5th year of basic education of a private school of Belo Horizonte city. Such school is known among its similes for its high level of academic requirements and strong discipline. To reach the objectives of the research, a qualitative approach was adopted, using partially structuralized interviews and document analysis as the main instruments of data collection. The data analysis was supported by literature works of authors who investigate the relation between family and school, most notably the contributions of P. Bourdieu, A. Lareau, R. Establet, F. Singly and, in the national scenario, the studies of M. A. Nogueira. The results show that the investigated families strongly and deeply believe in the power of the diploma and for that they show themselves willing to make huge investments in the education of the children, assuring the so desired social ascension. Their behaviors evidence a great proximity with the logic of the orchestrated culture (LAREAU, 2007). It also show a proximity with the experience of the home as an annex of the school, depicting the mother as a professional pupil parent (ESTABLET, 1987).