Psychoanalysis and teacher training: study of scientific productions in Brazil

Abstract

This work is the result of an investigation on how the discussions between Psychoanalysis and Education have been effected in the current academic spaces in Brazil, seeking the implications of this approach for Teacher Training. The Systematic Review of Literature was used as an investigative method. Forty one (41) scientific publications were assembled involving papers, theses and dissertations produced in graduate courses strict sensu of Psychology and Education in Brazilian universities. Next, an analysis of the thematic, theoretical and methodological trends is made through quantitative and qualitative assessment. A negligible number of studies that discuss the interface between psychoanalysis and Teacher Training was found, although there is a large concentration of works involving Psychoanalysis and Education in the broad sense. The works considered emphasized psychoanalysis as an important tool to understand teaching, promoting a reflective and dialectic interface across its various dimensions and psychoanalytic knowledge.