Different studies have signaled the difficulty teachers have in innovating their classroom practices. To better understand this difficulty, this article proposes the notion of didactic culture. In view of the concepts of culture, school culture, area culture and scientific culture and didactic transposition, the concept of didactic culture is presented as a way of understanding the social mechanisms that act in the microcosm of the classroom, working as the fluid medium that both enables and restrains practical innovations. At the end, it presents an example of the use of the concept research and future perspectives of theoretical elaboration.
RESUMO Diferentes estudos têm sinalizado a dificuldade dos professores em inovar suas práticas. Para melhor compreender esta dificuldade, propõe-se a noção de cultura didática. Tendo em vista os conceitos de cultura, cultura escolar, cultura de área e cultura científica e transposição didática, o conceito de cultura didática é apresentado como uma forma de compreender os mecanismos sociais que atuam no microcosmo da sala de aula, funcionando como o meio fluido que tanto possibilita como refreia as inovações de caráter prático. Apresenta-se, ao final, um exemplo do uso do conceito para pesquisa em campo e perspectivas futuras de elaboração teórica.
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