2017-11-072017-11-072011-12COELHO, Ildeu Moreira. Pensando o trabalho educativo. Educativa, Goiânia, v. 14, n. 2, p. 313-326, jul./dez. 2011.e- 1983-7771http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/handle/ri/12749This paper discusses concepts and practices of education, as well as its presuppositions and implications, the relationship between education, school and society, and between education, social class and ideology. It also deals with the political nature of pedagogical thought and practices, and the educational work of teaching and training. And it does so remembering that when teachers make an option for critique and social transformation, they give a new, perhaps even revolutionary meaning to their practice. They do not separate pedagogical thought and teaching practices from the meaning and purpose of collective existence, communal life, or the pursuit of equality and justice.porAcesso AbertoPsicologiaEducação e sociedadeEscolaClasse social e ideologiaCaráter político do trabalho educativoPsychologyEducation and societySchoolPolitical nature of educational workSocial class and ideologyArtigo