Paradigmas da educação: os polos antagônicos de Pierre Bourdieu e Raymond Boudon

Abstract

This study aims to understand the divergent positions between the theory of social reproduction of Pierre Bourdieu and the theory of rational choices of Raymond Boudon. Theories involving the sociology of education are often placed at opposite poles in relation individual / society. On one side, the field of action subjectively motivated, rational individual choices, represented by Raymond Boudon, became known as methodological individualism. On the other hand, the inverse perspective, holistic, derived from macrosociological contexts related to the size of the collective structures represented by Bourdieu, known as structuring. In trying to understand the differences of these two theories, research is supported in methodologies related to bibliographic studies, as well as those pertaining to comparative studies of works and authors. To understand the theories of sociology of education, the approaches are preceded by a summary of the general history of western education, contextualized, where relevant, with the history of education in Brazil. Moreover, an itinerary is done in the history of sociology of education to a better understanding of its various currents. With this purpose is focused on the following: a) Identify and analyze the characteristics and contributions of each approach in the construction of modern conceptions of education; b) describe the most relevant findings of the traditions of social science research in education and c) understand the various currents of the field of sociology of education with its various aspects, in seeking to understand the "crisis" of educational paradigms.