The Concept of Educational Equity: A Study of Brazilian Scientific Production

Abstract

The "Observatório de Equidade Educacional: da pesquisa à inovação" carries out an investigation into the construction of the concept of educational equity. This digital platform evaluates, monitors and tracks public data on brazilian education, a proposal linked to the Núcleo de Excelência em Tecnologias Sociais, the Instituto de Psicologia of the Universidade Federal de Alagoas, in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Culture of the brazilian government. This study deals with brazilian academic production on the concept of educational equity, with the following questions as triggers: How has Brazilian conceptual production of equity taken place in terms of historical and social development? What is the relationship between the concepts of equity and gender, race, ethnicity, social class and socioeconomic status, considering the Brazilian educational reality? We used meta-synthesis (exploration, cross-referencing, refinement, description and interpretation) with data from the Portal de Periódicos da Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior. The descriptors "education" and "equity" were used, with mandatory presence in the title of articles published between 2000 and 2022. The result of 29 articles, after applying the filters, indicates the concept of equity as a guiding principle for public policies in various educational areas, such as mathematics education, physical education, inclusion of people with disabilities and educational policies during the Covid-19 pandemic. A relationship is observed between educational equity and gender, race, ethnicity, social class and socioeconomic status, considering the Brazilian educational reality. The synthesis relates equity to justice, based on UNESCO definitions.

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Otavio Correia de Melo Neto, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brasil
Paula Orchiucci Miura, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brasil
Adélia Augusta Souto de Oliveira, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brasil
Alcimar Enéas Rocha Trancoso, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brasil
Raíssa Matos Ferreira, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brasil
José Werverton Pereira da Silva, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brasil
Analice Tenório Bernardo, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brasil