O MÉTODO MATERIALISTA HISTÓRICO-DIALÉTICO EM PESQUISAS DO CAMPO DA POLÍTICA EDUCACIONAL: LIMITES E POSSIBILIDADES

Abstract

This dissertation presents meta-research (research into research) results based on the analysis of 11 papers about Education Policy, published between 2013 and 2015 using the HistoricalDialectical Materialism as theoretical background. This investigation was carried out employing the Focus of Epistemologies of Education Policy (TELLO, 2012; TELLO; MAINARDES, 2015), along with authors that discuss the use of the Historical-Dialectical Materialism in the Education Policy (FRIGOTTO, MASSON, KUENZER, FERREIRA JUNIOR, BITTAR, BENITE, among others). The methodology involved surveying papers published in five journals in the field of Education Policy and Education; the papers were classified regarding the epistemological perspectives and a more detailed analysis of papers whose research was based on the Historical-Dialectical Materialism. The meta-research developed sought to analyze the epistemological coherence and the level of consistency of the papers in the sample in relation to the use of the Historical-Dialectical Materialism Method. The conclusions were: a) according to the literature, the historical-dialectical materialist method offers elements for the analysis of policies in a critical perspective; b) for being a very complex theoretical-epistemological reference, the researcher must master it to use it satisfactorily in the research; c) in the academy, different perspectives are found in relation to the historical-dialectical method and its use in the research into Education and Education Policy; d) regarding the papers in the sample, some were seen to lack theoretical depth, mainly in relation to the articulation between the method and the research development; e) some papers presented mechanistic and metaphysical characteristics and absence of a critical epistemological positioning; and f) only four papers reached a level of abstraction that was understandable.