Epistemological foundations of social representations in dissertations in the area of science education, in Brazil

Abstract

In this article we aim to discuss the epistemological foundations underlying the research on social representations in the area of Science Education. For this we searched for academic work (theses and dissertations) in sites of Brazilian Graduate Programs in Science and Mathematics Education, defended between the years 2006 and 2010. We examined 04 dissertations and found that the research is based on the ramifications of social representations theory and anchored in the levels of phenomenological studies, by discussing objects represented by social groups, and meta-theoretical, by making dialogue elements from other theories

Keywords

• epistemologia da pesquisa
• representações sociais
• educação em ciências