Formação de pesquisadores na UFSCar e na área de Educação Especial: impacto do programa de iniciação científica do CNPq
Resumo
ABSTRACT
The investments in Science and Technology have improved the quality of life.
Researches dealing with persons with special educational needs had extended the
knowledge about this population group and had supported the development of
instructional strategies. However, it is necessary to increase the national scientific
community to nourish new knowledge. The research shows the influence of the
Institutional Scholarship Program for Undergraduate Students - PIBIC of the
National Council for Scientific and Technological Development - CNPq, to breed
the future generation of scientists in the Federal University of São Carlos - UFSCar
and in the area of Special Education. The study evaluates the Science and
Technology in Brazil and discusses the formation of a new generation of scientists.
The research approach includes a general study examining Special Education in
Brazil and an evaluation of advances coming from theses and dissertations in this
area. The first study deals with the academic trajectory of former PIBIC students at
UFSCar and their enrollments in graduate programs encompassing Master and
Doctorate degrees. The research was done by searching each previous PIBIC
student by name in the institutional homepage of the Coordination of Formation of
Staff of Superior Level CAPES which contains information about everyone who
had finished a Master and Doctorate degrees. The time period from 1992 to 2000
was searched. Additionally, the Lattes Curricula Vitae Database was checked for
update information. These data allow to evaluate the results of the PIBIC in the
UFSCar based on graduate studies concluded by former students and the
institution that they had chosen to continue their academic life. The second
investigation covered the period of August,1993 to July, 2004, and involved around
175,000 PIBIC Scholarships granted in different regions of Brazil. The focus was to
find out scientific projects related to Special Education. A classification was
generated taking into account the target population and the volume of research
carried out in each institution. Afterwards, CAPES and CNPq databases was
checked for verification of the academic trajectory after finishing undergraduate
studies of the former PIBIC students that became involved with projects in Special
Education area. Around 50% of the former PIBIC students at UFSCar started
graduate courses and preferred to stay in São Paulo State. Only 0.64% of the
projects with analysis conditions (145.028) fits the Special Education area. General
studies are in the first position, followed by the analyses about mental deficiency
and, finally, hearing impairments. The estimative is that at least 36% of the former
PIBIC students will conclude graduate programs encompassing Master and
Doctorate degrees. It is necessary to stimulate researches and design strategies to
form new researchers in Special Education area. Further studies about PIBIC
scholarships are highly recommended for a better understanding of their output.