DISSERTATIONS AND THESES IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION: AN INVESTIGATION CONCERNED METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES

Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyze scientific production in Physical Education from theses and dissertations of post graduation programs, since 2001 to 2010, focusing on their methodological approaches. The Physical Education’s post graduation programs selected were: USP, UNESP, UFRGS, UNICAMP and UGF. The data analysis was based on the methodological approach proposed by Gaya (2008). The results points the nomothetic approach’s predominance, followed by interpretive and absence of social intervention. To conclude, based on Bourdieu, the rules of the scientific game have been influencing the methodological orientation of the production of knowledge in the area, which may reverberate on the reproduction of hegemonic ways of Science in the field.

Keywords:
Scientific production; Postgraduate programs; Physical Education; Scientific and technical activities