This article discusses the understanding of adolescents on the notion of social mobility, from a research conducted with students from a Public school in São Paulo State. It reflecs on how this notion is learned. For the research described, interviews were conducted with 20 adolescents, using exploratory questions of character, based on Piagetian clinical method, to which the notion of social mobility in adolescents were classified into three levels as proposed by Delval. According to the results, we could conclude that the notion of the concept in question is a difficult acquisition for adolescents. This theme is highly important to teaching graduation courses, especially Social Sciences.
social knowledge; social mobility and education
