ResumenSe ha estudiado la relación entre educación y trabajo en ciencias de la educación a partir del análisis de las trayectorias profesionales de sus graduados. Desde un método cualitativo de investigación biográfico narrativo, se realizaron entrevistas a graduados en Ciencias de la Educación de la UNLP en Argentina. Los resultados obtenidos a partir del análisis de contenido muestran que los graduados a lo largo de sus trayectorias reflexionan sobre sus historias escolares y familiares, diseñan su propio itinerario profesional, construyen nuevos espacios de acción laboral y enfrentan resistencias del entorno social. Como conclusión, las prácticas y estrategias desarrolladas a lo largo de la trayectoria profesional tienen la capacidad de reconstruir el campo profesional de las Ciencias de la Educación. Palabras clave: educación, trabajo, trayectorias profesionales, ciencias de la educación Education and Work in Science Education: Contributions from the Study of the Professional Trajectories of its Graduates. AbstractThe relationship between education and work in Science Education from the analysis of the professional trajectories of its graduates has been studied. A qualitative method of narrative biographical research and interviewing graduates of Science Education from the National University of La Plata in Argentina. The results obtained from content analysis show that graduates reflect on school and family histories, design their own career, build new areas of pedagogical action, and face resistances. In conclusion, practices and strategies developed along the professional trajectory have the ability to reconstruct the professional field of Science Education.

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the link between public education policies and institutional practices in Argentina throughout history and today. Design/methodology/approach – The methodology used is in line with socio-educational management studies oriented to analyse educational practices qualitatively from an institutional perspective. Findings – The review allows a wider discussion about the characteristics of the traditional organizational structure in relation to the rules, order, purposes and homogeneity of educational institutions. Furthermore, the paper shows there are some experiences and practices developed nowadays in Argentinian secondary schools that constitute a guide for social inclusion. Research limitations/implications – Throughout Argentina’s education history, secondary school has supported its policies on a bureaucratic institutional structure rationally oriented to serving interests of a minority. Today, social inclusion policies and compulsory secondary schooling are presented as an opportunity to democratize the management of educational institutions. Practical implications – In the early 2000s, the education system in Argentina kept a traditional bureaucratic structure based on a selective education policy. In this regard, statistics are quite revealing as regards the degree of social exclusion in secondary school: only 11 per cent of the students that begin first grade, finish secondary school. In 2006, after the enactment of the compulsory secondary education law, educational management is faced with the challenge to renew its institutional practices in order to make inclusion feasible. In this sense, the paper shows that secondary schools are implementing certain management practices aimed at achieving greater social inclusion. Originality/value – The paper focuses on the notion that the characteristics of management practices are related to the social interests of education policies. In this sense, the educational management of Argentinian secondary schools is undergoing a process of transformation from traditional selective practices towards more inclusive practices.

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El artículo tiene el objetivo de reconstruir las distintas conceptualizaciones sobre los saberes del trabajo en Argentina, en los últimos tiempos. El diseño metodológico adoptado es de tipo cualitativo-descriptivo que desarrolla una revisión bibliográfica y documental, orientada a encontrar relaciones y significaciones entre distintos aportes conceptuales y legislativos sobre el tema, desde la década de 1990 a la actualidad. Las conclusiones señalan que la idea de saberes para el trabajo no es neutra, más bien, implica comprenderlos en vínculo con dimensiones sociopolíticas y económicas, en el marco de determinados modelos de educación.