Abstract
By presenting useful references to develop the study of teachers’ associativism from the socio-historical point of view, the article addresses questions that have become central to the development of our research. It is divided into seven topics. The first topic underlines the contributions of Social History and the second brings attention to the contribution of theories of social movements and it’s traditions of research. The third topic focuses on the contributions of political science and the next topic addresses sociological studies of the labor movement. The fifth topic presents some results of the research that bases the present article, while the sixth comments two articles that analyze the production on the subject. The seventh and last topic emphasizes the issue of teacher identities. We conclude by reaffirming the potential of interdisciplinary dialogue to study the theme.
Keywords
associative teacher; history of education; educational research