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Abstract

This paper aims to identify spaces for academic research on rural education in Brazil. To this end, we reviewed the theses and dissertations from Brazilian universities of 2013-2014 and published in the academic database BDTD, and found 32 theses and dissertations that deal with different aspects of rural education. These were systematized and classified in three categories, according to the topic, the region where the fieldwork was carried out, and the actors that were the subjects of each thesis. We found a relatively homogeneous thematic distribution between policies and pedagogies of rural education. Geographically, the production of theses and dissertations on rural education was concentrated in the South East, whereas in the period 2013-2014 no fieldwork was carried out in the North West in the theses reviewed. Finally, we found a highly heterogeneous distribution in terms of the researched actors, with the great majority of the theses focusing on teachers and very few dealing with students of rural schools. Adding our contribution to previous works, we hope to contribute to future research aiming at promoting an emancipatory rural education that attends to the needs and expectations of the men and women who inhabit the vast rural areas of Brazil, as well as to other initiatives in the field of rural education in other regions of Latin America.