SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES AND THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF TEACHING ACCORDING TO BOURDIEU'S NOTION OF THE FIELD: THE EXAMPLE OF SBEM AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE FIELD OF MATHEMATICS EDUCATION

Abstract

With the theme of the notion of field in Pierre Bourdieu, this study is limited to investigating the role of scientific societies for teacher professionalization, with an emphasis on the field of Mathematics Education, seeking to answer the following question: what is the importance of educational scientific societies for the establishment of the teaching field and its professionalization? A question linked to the objective of understanding how the notion of field explains the process of professionalization of mathematics teaching. This research is justified by the need to expand studies on teaching professionalization, since this area suffers from great cultural devaluation due to its failure to affirm its specific objects of study and its space within the social field. To answer this, the bibliographic review methodology was used. As a conclusion, it was found that the professionalization of a field requires the definition of a specific object of study and the institutionalization of the profession from entities that hold the exclusive right to train workers and the autonomy to work with the object that makes up their field. field of study, something that is not yet present in the field of teaching and that can be achieved through the work of scientific societies.