Bibliometric study of Brazilian theses and dissertations (1996-2018) on specific and differentiated teaching materials for indigenous populations

Abstract

In the academic sphere, the debate on the elaboration of specific and differentiated teaching materials for indigenous peoples has been frequent in order to break their invisibility in the context of school education. In order to investigate how this debate permeates the works defended in graduate programs in Brazil, and seeking answers on how this scientific production is configured, an exploratory and descriptive research was carried out, with bibliometric and content approaches. Data were collected at the Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (BDTD/IBICT) using the expressions “indigenous teaching materials” and “indigenous teaching books”, which resulted in dissertations (n=29) and theses (n=3). The bibliometric analysis of the works revealed the temporal evolution (1996-2018), the institutions (n=17), geographic regions (n=5) and areas of the graduate programs (n=11). The content analysis exposed the objectives (n=4); the typology of teaching materials (n=8); the levels of education (n=2), the disciplines (n=5) and the ethnic groups (n=42) to which these teaching materials are destined. It was concluded that although important, there are still few graduate studies that have accepted the challenges and complexity inherent in the elaboration and analysis of specific didactic materials in the context of indigenous school education. This requires a more critical look at the representation and participation of indigenous peoples in the preparation of these materials.

Keywords

• instructional materials
• indigenous textbooks
• indigenous school education
• bibliometric analysis.