Abstract

YUREN, Teresa; SAENGER, Cony  and  ROJAS, Aurea. Research practices on moral education: meta-analysis of a state of knowledge. Rev. Actual. Investig. Educ [online]. 2014, vol.14, n.1, pp.180-201. ISSN 1409-4703.

In this paper, we have done a meta-analysis of the state of knowledge on moral education in Mexico, from 2002 to 2011. The purpose was to characterize research practices of the field and to reveal: a) the ways in which these practices are shaped by certain structures, b) the evidence that allows to infer that such practices convey agency and operate counter to these structures, and c) the implications of such practices in academia and in the field. In order to achieve this, we reviewed all abstracts and tables of contrast that were considered in the state of knowledge, we applied some theoretical perspectives and categories from authors like Bourdieu (social practice, field, field rules, habitus) and Sewell (agency, structure), as well as some tools from Van Dijk and Torfing for critical discourse analysis. As a result of the meta-analysis, we identified a set of rules that structure scientific research in Mexico and explain the types of practices and the changes produced. It also brings to light evidence that such practices result in agency which operates counter to the rules and weakens the structures, while it consolidates the moral education field as a valid field of study, where socially relevant problems are attended.

Keywords : moral education; social practices; agency; educational research; Mexico.

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