Graduate Program in Social Work at UFPA: historical elements and research themes over 20 years

Authors

  • Adriana de Azevedo Mathis Universidade Federal do Pará
  • Joana Valente Santana Universidade Federal do Pará
  • Max Nazareno Miranda da Silva Universidade Federal do Pará
  • Jaqueline do Nascimento Cruz Universidade Federal do Pará

Abstract

In the last twenty years, many research themes were addressed in the Master’s theses in Social Work and several challengeswere faced by the Graduate Program in Social Work (PPGSS) of UFPA. This paper, written within the Brazilian context of graduate studies in Social Work, presents thematic data of 195 theses from PPGSS-UFPA, in the period from 1998 to 2016, and addresses the relationship between the study themes as well as the discussions held by the Brazilian Association of Teaching and Research in Social Work (ABEPSS), CFESS/CRESS (Federal and Regional Councils of Social Work) and the research directories in CNPq/field of Social Work. The bibliographic review of the theses indicates Work as the most frequently addressed theme, followed by Education and Training and Socio-Professional Space of Social Work, Urban and Agrarian Issues, Social Security, Generational Issues and Social Movements, among others.

Author Biographies

Adriana de Azevedo Mathis, Universidade Federal do Pará

Professora da Faculdade e do Programa de Serviço Social da Universidade Federal do Pará.

Joana Valente Santana, Universidade Federal do Pará

Professora da Faculdade e do Programa de Serviço Social da Universidade Federal do Pará.

Max Nazareno Miranda da Silva, Universidade Federal do Pará

Discente do Curso de Graduação em Serviço Social da Universidade Federal do Pará.

Jaqueline do Nascimento Cruz, Universidade Federal do Pará

Discente do Curso de Graduação em Serviço Social da Universidade Federal do Pará.

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Published

2017-06-29

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2017): Pós-graduação e Serviço Social

Section

Thematic space

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