Anthropological analysis of teaching / learning of sociology in secondary school: representations of students and teachers of a state school of campo Grande- Ms, Brazil

The insertion of the discipline of sociology in secondary School and the expectations and realities related to its role as instrument of social transformation within the Brazilian education are of great importance. This manuscript aims to analyze the conceptions of the professors of the area of sociology regarding the relevance of the discipline in secondary school and the citizen training of its students. In addition, the presented manuscript seeks to identify the difficulties of the sociology teacher in the teaching / learning of the discipline of Sociology in secondary school; to verify in loco and with the students their representations regarding the discipline of Sociology ;, and also to analyze the representations of the students in relation to the sociology as a discipline and as a social science The methodology used in the preparation of the manuscript was the bibliographic and documentary analysis as interviews etc. It is a classic method of Social Sciences that aims to establish a personal contact of the researcher with the object of investigation. The method adopted for collecting the data related to the study object contemplates the use of methodological tools from both Sociology and Anthropology. Thus, we used the investigative tools often used when conducting qualitative research, such as structured, semi-structured and free interviews - when the interviewee / interlocutor is led to spontaneously express his / her ideas. It is concluded that sociology still needs an identity in Brazil's secondary education, given that it is still confused with philosophy and history with respect to its specificities.