O processo de escolarização e ascensão social: percepção dos docentes acerca da relação entre escolarização e ascensão social dos estudantes das classes populares.

Abstract

The present study aims to analyze the relationship between schooling and social ascension. Its main objective is to investigate teachers' perceptions about the intrinsic relation between school and the social ascension of the students of the popular classes. The specific objectives were: To investigate the social contradictions that affect the students of the popular classes; to know the perception of teachers of basic education about the relationship between the process of schooling and the social rise of students of the popular classes; to know the perception of higher education teachers about the relationship between the schooling process and the social ascension of the students of the popular classes. As methodological procedures, the research consisted of two stages, namely: bibliographic survey with theoretical contribution in FREIRE (2017), SAVIANI (2009), MÉSZÁROS (2008), LIBÂNEO (1995), FRIGOTTO (1999), and field research. The locus of the research occurred in two institutions, a state school located in Sousa PB and a higher education institution located in the city of Cajazeiras PB. The subjects of the research were two teachers of the basic school and two teachers of higher education. It had as instrument of data collection a structured interview and a semi-structured interview. Content analysis was carried out and the approach was qualitative. Regarding the findings of the research, it was possible to verify that in spite of their perceptions, a more critical and a less critical all the teachers of both higher education and basic education consider schooling as a means for the social ascension of the subjects of the popular classes.