Abstract

SILVA, Michelle Garcia da  and  AMARAL, Edenia Maria Ribeiro do. Biology education research: Academic production characteristics of the graduate program in science education at the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Brazil. Ciência educ. [online]. 2015, vol.21, n.2, pp.285-305. ISSN 1516-7313.  https://doi.org/10.1590/1516-731320150020003.

This paper presents a study related to research in teaching of Biology, based on the description, analysis and characterization of dissertations in the Graduate Program in Science Teaching (PPGEC), University Federal Rural of Pernambuco (UFRPE). For this, 41 dissertations were analyzed in the period 2003-2009, taking into account descriptors proposed by Centro de Documentação em Ensino de Ciências (CEDOC) from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP): the year of defense, author and supervisors, educational level, thematic focus and type of academic work. The results showed that the research in teaching of Biology in PPGEC/UFRPE presents common characteristics in this area at the national level, for instance, within the prevalence of research themes involving basic education. Also there are specific characteristics for academic production that reflect the process of implementation and consolidation of the Master course in the PPGEC/UFRPE.

Keywords : Biology Education Research; Academic production; Master dissertation.

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