Abordagem disposicional como ferramenta para compreender o subcampo da Educação

This article proposes to understand aspects of educational research in Brazil using the concept of dispositions, verifying them in statements by researchers leading research groups. The approach is based on critical sociology, from the theoretical framework developed by Pierre Bourdieu and Bernard Lahire. The empirical material comprises interviews, whose content was categorized through qualitative analysis. There is evidence of dispositions in line with what is identified in sociological literature as general properties of the scientific field, such as the competence to operate the ludus and the apetence and competence for dialogue. At the same time, there is an emerging set of elements that point out to dispositions which are particular of the Education sub-field, which we name apetence for socio-educational intervention. This feature, associated with ideas of emancipation and social change, can be recognized as one of the peculiarities that make up the singularity of educational research within the scientific field.