Desencontros entre uma prática crítica em psicologia e concepções tradicionais em educação

Abstract

In this paper we explore the inclusion of Vocational Analysis in a pre-university course in Complexo da Maré community, in Rio de Janeiro. We argue that there has been a mismatch between the proposal of psychology and educational practices prevalent in this institution. Based on the mapping method, method of intervention research, we follow these mismatch process, following the performance of three groups of Vocational Test and housing of collective spaces in the institution. Using a socio-historical and political constitution of knowledge of psychology and education, we realize that the analysis of the Vocation is a critical practice in psychology, while the educational concepts prevalent in the pre-university course in Maré reproduces traditional models in education. We claim that this mismatch reveals a mode of operating present throughout the Brazilian educational system, to which the selection process, vestibular, gives visibility.