ABSTRACT
In this article, supported by researches, studies and literature review, it is intended to contribute in analyzing Brazilian reality and emphasizing the challenges in education research, which is achieved by a theoretical-methodological perspective of historical dialectical materialism. We concluded that the main challenges for researchers, in the wide area of Humanities in which Education is included, are: review of theoretical and methodological frame of reference; necessity of extensive readings and reviewing concepts to analyze reality; commitment to radical defense of society; movement between networks; approximation to lower classes; exposure of regressions and announcement of possibilities. Finally, to assume the political dimension of thinking and researching.
KEYWORDS:
context; Brazil; research; challenges