The State of the Art in Research into the History of Sociology Teaching in Brazil and Argentina

This paper aims to investigate, quantitatively and qualitatively, the growth of research into the history of sociology teaching in Brazil and Argentina. To do this, we surveyed theses and dissertations in online databases to identify the number of publications on the subject. In Brazil, we used the search engines “Teaching Sociology”, “Sociology at school” and “School Sociology”, in institutional repositories such as the Banco de Teses e Dissertações (BTD) and the Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações (BDTD) of CAPES, as well as in the repositories of 28 public and private postgraduate teaching institutions. In Argentina, we used the keywords “Enseñanza de la Sociología” and “Historia de la Sociología”, since other search engines such as “Historia de la Enseñanza de la Sociología” and “Sociología histórica” did not produce positive results. The main repositories used were the digital database of the Instituto de Investigación Gino Germani (IIGG) of the Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), the Base de Datos Unificadas de Bibliotecas de Universidades Nacionales (SIUBDU), complemented by consultations with 36 public and private universities. Data was collected between August 12 and 20, 2024. In Argentina, we found 9 doctoral theses and 19 master's dissertations on the subject of the history of sociology. In Brazil, we found 8 doctoral theses and 28 master's dissertations on the subject of the history of sociology teaching. We observed that this topic has gained prominence in both countries, especially since the 2010s. In Brazil, there is a predominance of research focused on the teaching of sociology and its history in basic education, while in Argentina studies are mostly concentrated in higher education.