This article presents a qualitative approach to the state of the art regarding the closure of multigrade schools in rural areas. We mapped studies on the closure of these schools identified in the platforms of the Catalog of Theses and Dissertations of the Office to Coordinate Improvement of Higher Level Personnel (CAPES) and the Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (BDTD), in the period from 2005 to 2022, to shed light on contemporary tensions and discussions in the scientific production in general, and the state of the art in the field of rural education in particular. These searches identified a total of 10 such dissertations/theses in the two databases. These were read with the support of the IRaMuTeQn software and classified according to maximum approximation to the theme of “closure of multigrade schools in rural territories.” The results indicated fragility of research involving closure of multigrade schools in master’s programs in the country and the need for ongoing research in doctoral programs.Este artículo presenta un enfoque cualitativo del tipo estado del conocimiento sobre el cierre de escuelas multigrado en territorio campesino. En este trabajo, se mapearon las investigaciones sobre el cierre de escuelas multigrado en territorio campesino a través de las plataformas del Catálogo de Tesis y Disertaciones de la Coordinación de Perfeccionamiento de Personal de Nivel Superior (Capes) y de la Biblioteca Digital Brasileña de Tesis y Disertaciones (BDTD), en el período de 2005 a 2022. En esta investigación, nuestro objetivo fue revelar tensiones y discusiones contemporáneas a través de la producción científica, en general, y, específicamente, de Estados de Conocimiento en el área de Educación del Campo, con enfoque en el cierre de escuelas multigrado. El corpus de análisis final se configuró con 10 disertaciones recopiladas en las plataformas Capes y BDTD, con la lectura de todos los trabajos y la ayuda del software IRaMuTeQ. Estas investigaciones fueron analizadas y categorizadas con una aproximación máxima a la temática "cierre de la escuela multigrado en la Educación del Campo". Los resultados indicaron la fragilidad en las investigaciones sobre el cierre de escuelas multigrado en cursos de maestría y la necesidad de continuar estas investigaciones en cursos de doctorado.This article presents a qualitative approach to the state of the art regarding the closure of multigrade schools in rural areas. We mapped studies on the closure of these schools identified in the platforms of the Catalog of Theses and Dissertations of the Office to Coordinate Improvement of Higher Level Personnel (CAPES) and the Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (BDTD), in the period from 2005 to 2022, to shed light on contemporary tensions and discussions in the scientific production in general, and the state of the art in the field of rural education in particular. These searches identified a total of 10 such dissertations/theses in the two databases. These were read with the support of the IRaMuTeQn software and classified according to maximum approximation to the theme of “closure of multigrade schools in rural territories.” The results indicated fragility of research involving closure of multigrade schools in master’s programs in the country and the need for ongoing research in doctoral programs
