PEDAGOGICAL TRENDS IN THESES AND DISSERTATIONS OF A RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY IN NURSING AND HEALTH EDUCATION (1994-2017)

Abstract

Objective: To analyze pedagogical trends present in the scientific investigations conducted by the Research and Technology Laboratory in Nursing and Health Education of the Federal University of Santa Catarina. Method: This was a qualitative documentary analysis of theses and dissertations produced in 1994-2017. The data were collected between March and May 2018. Content analysis was used to process the data. Results: A total of 106 documents were analyzed. Of these, 89 were affiliated with the liberating/creative trend, 17 with the progressive trend, and no studies were found that were exclusively related to the conventional pedagogical trend.Conclusions: The theses and dissertations produced by the Research Lab addressed nursing education on a perspective mostly based on the liberation/creative pedagogical trend. This study contributed to constructing knowledge by recognizing the pedagogical assumptions used by researchers in the field, essential for identifying the political positions of Brazilian nursing when conducting research

Keywords

• Nursing research
• Research groups
• Educational models
• Nursing education
• Nursing graduate education