THEORETICAL-METHODOLOGICAL TRENDS IN EDUCATION RESEARCH: THE CASE OF THE MASTER IN EDUCATION COURSE OF BLUMENAU REGIONAL UNIVERSITY (FURB), SANTA CATARINA STATE, BRAZIL

The main objective of this research is to address these trends in the production of Dissertations in the Masters Program for Post-graduate diploma in Education (PPGE) Regional at the University of Blumenau (FURB), Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil. The search is character-quality quantitative and based on the study of 44 Dissertations of Master in Education of FURB related to the Teaching of Science, Philosophy and Epistemologia Education. You can see a significant influence of philosophical perspectives of Paulo Freire and Thomas S. Kuhn in Dissertations have with the focus Epistemologia Philosophy and Education. Already in Dissertations that are problematic to search the Teaching of Science, the biggest reasons is Ubiratan D'Ambrose and Fritjof Capra. In both cases, the prevailing qualitative research. The methodology used appears in the search introductory chapter. It is observed that the Dissertations on the Teaching of Science put in a more explicit the authors used in the definition of the Research Methodology. The theoretical and methodological trends in the production of Dissertations of the Masters in Education of FURB expressed concern at the increasing reflect on the foundations of Research in Education and its cientificidade.