Dever de casa, espelho de desigualdades educacionais e sociais

the aim of this article is to analyze, through the results of a micro-sociologic research, the various kinds of differences and inequalities that are reflected in the social practice of homework assignment and completion, within families as well as in schools. in some cases, inequalities are more explicit, as in the conditions for homework completion and family assistance. in other cases, there are differences - between family socializing practices or school curricular practices - that are transformed into inequalities when they establish unequal conditions to students that are in a competitive situation in school and society. in all cases, beyond homework, the equality/inequality conditions of the educational system are questioned.