Abstract

OLIVEIRA, ALCIVAM PAULO DE  and  FERREIRA, ROSILDA ARRUDA. The construction of the problem in researches on educational policy: contributions to the debate. Revista Brasileira de Política e Administração da Educação [online]. 2021, vol.37, n.1, pp.243-265.  Epub Apr 08, 2022. ISSN 2447-4193.  https://doi.org/10.21573/vol37n12021.104644.

The focus of this paper is the construction of the research problem. Starting from the debates on the epistemological foundation of the analysis of educational policies, it identifies the need to reflect on the construction of the research problem. From philosophy, the paper adopts the posture towards reality based on broad, historical, and systematic criticism. From political sciences, it adopts the contribution of the “Policy Analysis” proposed by Frey (2000). From the field of public policy analysis in education, it draws on the contributions of the Network for Theoretical and Epistemological Studies in Educational Policy (RELEPE), through the studies of Mainardes and Tello (2015a; 2015b). As a result of this dialogue, the paper presents a methodological proposal of the construction of the research problem in educational policies.

Keywords : Epistemology; Research Problem; Educational Policies.

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