Resumen

SANTOS, Leandro Alves Rodrigues dos. O psicólogo e sua prática na escola pública: apontamentos para uma reflexão sobre a criticidade, a ousadia e a angústia. Psicol. cienc. prof. [online]. 2002, vol.22, n.3, pp. 2-7. ISSN 1414-9893.

This text discusses and raises some questions about psychologist'action in a specific field: the public school. Currently, a large amount of research points to a particular aspect: the school failure is produced within the schools, a fact which should be carefully focused on the psychologists' practice. Unfortunately, such attitude has not been found in the current practical of the professionals, due to the lack of criticism and, specially, mainly derived to a supposed gap in their education, easily found in most of the Psychology courses.

Palabras clave : School failure; Psychologist education; Criticism.