Education and knowledge production in social reality: an analysis based on historical and dialectical materialism

Authors

  • Maria das Graças Martins da Silva UFMT
  • Rose Cléia Ramos da Silva UFMT

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5212/PraxEduc.v.5i1.079087

Abstract

This paper analyses education and knowledge production taking into account the social relationships that originate them and the philosophical categories of historical and dialectical materialism. In order to do so, two elements are adopted as references: knowledge society (a reflection of capitalist society in its actual stage of development, which is expressed by productivism) and, as a counterpart, education as a form of humanisation and critical knowledge (freedom expression that underlies the educational process). The conclusion is that historical and dialectical materialism contributes to analysing reality, as it unveils it and at the same time potentiates transforming actions by showing the libertarian sense of education.

 

Keywords: Historical and dialectical materialism. Knowledge society. Knowledge production.

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Author Biographies

  • Maria das Graças Martins da Silva, UFMT
    Docente da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso lotada no Departamento de Teorias e Fundamentos da Educação do Instituto de Educação, coordeno cursos de especialização em Docência no Ensino Superior e atualmente sou professora credenciada no Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação - Mestrado e Doutorado desta instituição.
  • Rose Cléia Ramos da Silva, UFMT
    Professora do Instituto de Educação da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso e doutoranda pela Universidade Federal Fluminense.

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Published

2010-07-17

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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2010)

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Education and knowledge production in social reality: an analysis based on historical and dialectical materialism. Práxis Educativa, [S. l.], v. 5, n. 1, p. 79–87, 2010. DOI: 10.5212/PraxEduc.v.5i1.079087. Disponível em: https://revistas.uepg.br/index.php/praxiseducativa/article/view/784. Acesso em: 30 may. 2026.