La especialización del saber en la escuela: intervenciones estatales en campos específicos de conocimiento

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to analyze how specific educational programs related to the knowledge of Natural Sciences are implemented in Buenos Aires elementary schools. Programs, together with new speeches and practices, are introduced by people with new teaching functions and higher degrees of specialization than current classroom teachers. This study deals with how the penetration of this specialization affects school life and focuses on the conflicts involved in the incorporation of specialist teachers. These findings are part of an ethnographic approach research. The description...