“GREAT TEACHERS” OR AGENTS OF REPRODUCTION?

The World Bank’s Teaching Profile in Pierre Bourdieu’s Perspective

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/periferia.2025.91522

Keywords:

World Bank, Teaching Profile, Latin America , Pierre Bourdieu, Reproduction

Abstract

This study analyzes the document “Great Teachers: how to raise student learning in Latin America and the Caribbean” (World Bank, 2014) through the lens of “Reproduction” (1975), written by Pierre Bourdieu in co-authorship with Passeron. Based on the assumption that school functions as a fundamental institution in the process of social reproduction, this paper seeks to highlight how the World Bank’s educational policies for teaching work tend to reduce the role of teachers to mere enforcers of a dominant cultural arbitrary. Regarding the methodological approach, this study adopts a qualitative perspective in educational research, employing documentary analysis of the document mentioned in the article’s title. As for the results, it is possible to observe an alignment between the trends emphasized by the World Bank for teaching practice and the assumptions of social reproduction presented in Bourdieu and Passeron’s work.

Author Biographies

Matheus Ferreira Manso, Federal University of Goiás

Bachelor of Laws (UFG) and Master’s candidate in Education at the Federal University of Goiás (UFG).

Luís Gustavo Alexandre da Silva, Federal University of Goiás

Bachelor’s and Licentiate Degree in History from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (1999), Master’s in Education (2004), and Ph.D. in Education from the Federal University of Goiás (2009). Professor in the Graduate Program in Education at the Faculty of Education, Federal University of Goiás. Currently, he serves as Coordinator of the Center for Studies and Documentation: Education, Society, and Culture (Nedesc) (2018–2022) and is a member of the Network for Studies and Research on Educational Planning and Management (Replag). He has expertise in the field of Education, with an emphasis on Educational Policies, working primarily on the following topics: Educational Management, Educational Systems Management, and School Management.

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19.12.2025

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Ferreira Manso, M., & Alexandre da Silva, L. G. (2025). “GREAT TEACHERS” OR AGENTS OF REPRODUCTION? : The World Bank’s Teaching Profile in Pierre Bourdieu’s Perspective. Revista Periferia UERJ, 17(1), e91522. https://doi.org/10.12957/periferia.2025.91522

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