Ethnography in educational policy research

Ariel Feldman

doi:10.1590/SciELOPreprints.15919

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Ariel Feldman Universidade Federal do Pará https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8894-8554
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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.15919

Keywords:

ethnography, educational policy, Anthropology

Abstract

This article aims to investigate whether ethnography is a theoretical-methodological framework used and disseminated in educational policy research. Methodologically, an exploratory literature review was conducted, mapping 60 Brazilian master’s theses and doctoral dissertations published between 2017 and 2024. The findings indicate that, in the Brazilian context, despite the predominance of qualitative approaches, ethnography and Anthropology still maintain a limited dialogue with educational policy research. Furthermore, a substantial portion of the studies in the sample were conducted by native researchers, understood as individuals who have or have had long-term professional ties with the object under investigation. At the same time, participant observation remains a rarely used research procedure.

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Author Biography

Ariel Feldman, Universidade Federal do Pará

Doutor em História Social pela Universidade de São Paulo (2013), Mestre (2006) e graduado (2003) em História pela Universidade Federal do Paraná. Realizou estágio pós doutoral no Núcleo de Políticas Educacionais da Universidade Federal do Paraná. Atualmente é professor Associado da Universidade Federal do Pará, no Instituto de Ciências da Educação. Atua como professor no Curso de Pedagogia e é pesquisador vinculado ao Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação e Cultura. Tem experiência na área de pesquisa em política educacional, ensino de História e pesquisa histórica. Pesquisou durante mais de uma década a história política brasileira do século XIX. Atualmente investiga políticas públicas educacionais.