Abstract

MUYLAERT, NAIRA; OLIVEIRA, ANA CRISTINA PRADO DE  and  COSTA, PAULA ARAUJO DA. META-RESEARCH: THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EDUCATIONAL PUBLIC POLICIES IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION. Educ. rev. [online]. 2023, vol.39, e38352.  Epub Feb 23, 2023. ISSN 1982-6621.  https://doi.org/10.1590/0102-469838352.

This paper aims to analyze the theoretical references and analytical concepts (called descriptors) mobilized by studies on implementing public policies in the field of education. Considering that academic production on the theme of implementation in the Education field is scarce, we conducted a meta-research based on the definition of some descriptors and theoretical references from the Political Science field. We tried to verify, surveying the academic production in the Education field — theses, dissertations, and articles — which was the presence and how these references were mobilized. The time frame was limited to the years 2018 and 2019, and, in total, we identified 10 articles and 25 theses and dissertations. The analysis and categorization of this material, identifying the theoretical-conceptual referential used, indicated that among the selected theses and dissertations, there is a higher concentration of studies on implementing agents and, among the articles, a higher concentration of studies on governance structures. From the results, we consider that there is, among researchers in the educational area, an approach “under construction” to the specific literature of the Political Science field on implementation.

Keywords : implementation of public policies; meta-research; education; political science; knowledge production.

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