The training of adoptive parents by the intermediary institutions of international adoptions

This paper tackles international adoption processes as a set of educational practices which involve strategies of transmission/incorporation of culture. This means the construction of relational identities or subjectivities, in particular those of adoptive and "adopting" father and mother. The research has been carried out on two different types of space: the first one is that considered as space of "formal education", related to learning activities supported by the relevant institutions in international adoption. The second one has been considered as a space of "informal education", and it is related to inter pares relations and activities established between persons and couples who are adopting or have adopted. This type includes internet forums or kedadas (informal meetings of small groups).