Historical and epistemological notes on the field of educational policy in Latin America

Abstract

In this paper, we present some historical and epistemological notes about the education policy field in Latin America, emphasizing the focus of education policy epistemologies as a mode of analysis of the researches conducted by field professionals. This article intends to rethink the field of education policy under the transformations and crises of social and political sciences at the necessity to understand and name the current complex socio educational reality.