“…In previous work (Oliveira & Silva 2016), when we considered only the programs strictly in sociology, we had that 6 of them had specific of research areas in education, and four more indicated education as one of the topics to be researched in their areas of investigation. This scenario represents a significant expansion of the presence of education in the research agenda of Brazilian sociology, which can be explained, at least in part, by the increased access to formal schooling, especially to higher education -the academic world, not only a renewed concern to objectify education, but also a voluminous renewal of cadres with new professors and researchers, who eventually revolve themes, objects, theories, epistemologies, methodologies and research interests in general (Silva & Alves, 2018).…”