The discursive textual analysis as a praxeological compass in the freirean perspective of education

Abstract

Some studies have discussed contributions that the Discursive Textual Analysis (DTA) has given to the development of research based on the Freirean perspective. However, theoretical and methodological aspects of the DTA, which are close to Freire's approach, must be highlighted, considering previous articulations with Thematic Research. Thus, this study aims to investigate approximations and complementarities of the DTA in Thematic Investigation – the process that leads to Generating Themes –, taking as a starting point the Freirean assumptions of education and the analysis of the Inter Project, developed during the São Paulo Curriculum Reorientation Movement. Different reinterpretations of Thematic Research and their relations with the DTA enabled to characterize its methodological, hermeneutic and dialectical potential, which is expressed as the openness of the DTA towards praxis, a fact that justifies its use in studies based on Freire. It also configures it as a praxeological compass, which can guide/operationalize the search for transformation of reality.

Keywords: Paulo Freire; Thematic Research; Analysis Methodology.