Abstract

FAVERO, Altair Alberto  and  CENTENARO, Junior Bufon. DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH IN STUDIES ON EDUCATIONAL POLICY: POSSIBILITIES AND LIMITS. Contrapontos [online]. 2019, vol.19, n.1, pp.170-184.  Epub Aug 22, 2019. ISSN 1984-7114.  https://doi.org/10.14210/contrapontos.v19n1.p170-184.

The article aims to investigate the possibilities and limitations of documentary research when dealing with this type of methodological instrument in educational policies. Based on a literature review of an exploratory hermeneutic nature on the theme, this essay was organized as follows: i) first, it addresses the polysemy of the concept of 'documentary research', which still produces strong discussions and disagreements as to the most appropriate terminology to be used; ii) next, it conceptualizes the object of documentary research, and arising from this, iii) it establishes specific aspects of work with educational policy documents; iv) it points out some epistemological and theoretical aspects intrinsic to research with documents, and finally, v) it gives some concluding remarks highlighting the potential and limits of work with documentary sources.

Keywords : Documentary Research; Policy Epistemology; Qualitative Research..

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