O fracasso escolar e suas interpretações: da marginalidade à diversidade cultural

Abstract

This article results from a research developed on the concepts of school failure present in the articles published on the Journal “Cadernos de Pesquisa” form 1971 to 2006 (FARIA, 2008). During this period, the major- ity of the studies were mainly concerned with the relation between school failure and cultural issues. The most recent articles emphasize cultural di- versity (propositive studies) whereas cultural marginality prevailed in the former articles (critical and propositive studies). This article discusses the cultural diversity approach and its contribution to the risk of preventing social inequalities from being considered determinant to school failure.