A produção de conhecimento científico na relação entre ciências humanas e ciências da natureza é o tema deste trabalho, inserido no campo de investigação da Educação Superior. Produção de conhecimento científico é tomado como uma produção humana nas suas relações históricas e sociais, e a interdisciplinaridade como uma possibilidade dentro do movimento de crítica à fragmentação e à dualidade no fazer científico. O objetivo geral aqui é analisar e compreender o processo de produção do conhecimento científico construído na relação entre ciências humanas e da natureza. O locus de estudo foram Programas de Pós-Graduação Interdisciplinares reconhecidos e recomendados pela CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior). A pesquisa considerou oito desses Programas. O critério de escolha foi a existência de cursos de doutorado que contemplassem a relação entre ciências humanas e ciências da natureza. Utilizando-se da análise de conteúdo foram analisadas as Propostas dos Programas, as entrevistas semiestruturadas com coordenadores e/ou ex-coordenadores dos Programas, o Documento de Área da Comissão de Área Interdisciplinar (CAInter/CAPES, 2009), 177 Currículos Lattes dos professores/ pesquisadores membros permanentes dos Programas e 11 teses apontadas pelos interlocutores como teses que refletem a perspectiva almejada pelos Programas. Tomando por base principalmente os conceitos de Vieira Pinto, Prigogine, Claude Raynaut, Olga Pombo, e valendo-se das categorias analíticas de concepções de conhecimento, ciência e método e concepções e práticas interdisciplinares, este trabalho reconhece nos Programas de Pós- Graduação Interdisciplinares, dentro do espaço da universidade, um locus privilegiado para produção de conhecimento científico na relação entre sociedade e natureza, um caminho para a superação das tensões entre fragmentação e dualidade e o fazer científico com vistas à interdisciplinaridade. Sugere ainda a necessidade de estudos e práticas que se dediquem à análise e à construção de práticas interdisciplinares que possam vislumbrar, como resultados, metodologias interdisciplinares construídas na dimamicidade do processo científico. Práticas interdisciplinares requerem, portanto, um pensamento genuíno, cuja reflexão contemple o movimento contido no processo, em detrimento da inércia típica da fragmentação e da dualidade. / The production of scientific knowledge within the relationship between humanities and natural sciences is the topic of this dissertation, inserted in the field of investigation of Higher Education. Production of scientific knowledge is taken as a human endeavor, within its historical and social relationships, and interdisciplinarity, as a possibility within the movement of critique of fragmentation and dualism of science making. The main goal was to analyze and understand the process of scientific knowledge production constructed within the relationship between human and natural sciences. The locus of the research has been Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs accredited and recommended by CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior). The research, focused on eight Programs, had as a criterion of choice doctoral programs that operate in the relationship between human and natural sciences. By using content analysis, the research focused on analyzing the Programs' proposals; semi-structured interviews with Programs' coordinators and/or former coordinators; the Interdisciplinary Area Committee Document; 177 (Lattes Platform) CVs of professors and researchers participating in the programs; and 11 dissertations that reflected their own Programs' perspective, pointed out as such by the interviewees. Grounded mainly on the concepts by Vieira Pinto, Prigogine, Claude Raynaut, and Olga Pombo, and based on the analytical categories of conceptions of knowledge, science and method; and of interdisciplinary conceptions and practices; the results of the dissertation indicate that the Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs, within the scope of the university, are privileged loci for scientific knowledge production within the relationship between society and nature, as a way to overcome the tensions between fragmentation and dualism, and the science making that aims at interdisciplinarity. It suggests the need for further studies and practices dedicated to the analysis and construction of interdisciplinary practices that are able to produce, as their result, interdisciplinary methodologies built upon the dynamicity of the scientific endeavor. Interdisciplinary practices, therefore, demand genuine thinking, whose reflection is able to comprise the movement assumed within the process, at the expense of the inertia typical of fragmentation and duality.

Reflexões são propostas sobre o Sistema de Avaliação da Pós-Graduação da Capes (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior) desde 1976, sua evolução e questões que têm sido discutidas pela comunidade acadêmica. O tema da dissertação se insere na linha de pesquisa em educação em ciências do programa, na medida em que explora as determinações éticas da ciência em relação a avaliação pelos pares e a necessidade da produção científica. Indicadores são também propostos para avaliar a sua eficácia à melhoria de qualidade dos programas de pós-graduação e a efetividade das políticas adotadas, identificando aspectos que têm influenciado à melhoria de qualidade da formação de pessoal para o desenvolvimento científico e tecnológico. Esta dissertação se relaciona com a educação em ciências na medida em que a avaliação da qualidade da produção científica pelos pares é uma das determinações éticas do fazer da ciência e compõe o conjunto de aprendizagem dos pesquisadores. A abordagem adotada foi quantitativa, com base nas estatís ticas da Capes, bem como qualitativa a partir das respostas à uma consulta enviada aos coordenadores dos programas que tiveram resultados alterados em todas as áreas nas avaliações trienais de 2001, 2004 e 2007,com base nas percepções dos distintos protagonistas (dirigentes, ex-dirigentes da Capes e coordenadores de programas), e sistêmica, sob a perspectiva dos atores envolvidos no Sistema Nacional de Pós-Graduação (SNPG). Para apoiar a fundamentação teórica desta pesquisa foi feita uma revisão do Estado da Arte sobre avaliação da qualidade dos programas de pesquisa e pós-graduação, incluindo publicações de artigos, dissertações, teses, e revisões, nas bases, Google Scholar Avançada, Scirus e Web of Science, que permitiram a escolha dos textos, cujas sínteses são também apresentadas sobre questões polêmicas que vêm sendo discutidas, sobretudo nos EUA e Reino Unido em relação aos processos de avaliação pelos pares, desde a década de 1960. Os resultados mostraram de forma inequívoca que o Sistema de Avaliação da Capes tem contribuído de forma significativa à manutenção e melhoria da qualidade dos programas. Por outro lado, as percepções dos coordenadores sobre o Sistema Qualis ainda são objeto de hesitações e polêmicas. A dimensão da produção científica precisa ser mais discutida e aperfeiçoada, conforme ficou evidenciado na revisão do Estado da Arte, e nas respostas dos coordenadores a respeito dos julgamentos pelos pares sobre a qualidade dos artigos, com a introdução do Sistema Qualis. A pesquisa mostrou que não há consenso em relação a esse quesito. As entrevistas ensejaram uma boa revisão histórica do processo de avaliação dos programas de pós-graduação desenvolvido pela Capes, desde o início, imaginado apenas para orientar as atividades de fomento, aos pontos de inflexão, com mais informatização e esforço de sistematização continuada, e finalmente, a inserção do Qualis, que ainda requer mais reflexões, aperfeiçoamentos e, complementos. A situação atual do sistema de avaliação dos programas profissionais também é apresentada, o que ensejou a identificação de questões para futuras investigações. / Reflections are proposed on the Assessment of Graduate Programs developed by Capes (Coordination for Higher Level Personnel) since 1976, and issues which have been discussed by the academic community. Indicators for assessment of its impact to upgrade the quality of the graduate programs and the effectiveness of the policies of personnel qualification for scientific and technological development, and introduction of innovations are proposed. This dissertation is related to education in science since the evaluation of the quality of scientific production by peer review is one of the ethical mandates of doing science and composes the researchers learning. The approach is quantitative with basis on the statistics from Capes, and also from a an electronic consultation of programs coordinators, which results were altered in the periods started in 2001, 2004, and 2007, as well as qualitative and systemic, discussing the perspective of distinct players involved in the National System of Graduate Programs. In order to support the theoretical basis of this research a comprehensive and extensive State of the Art review has been performed concerning the quality of the assessment of research and graduate programs, including publications of articles, dissertations, thesis, and reviews, on the information basis of Advanced Google Scholar, Scirus, and Web of Science that enhanced the choice of texts which synthesis are presented about polemic issues that are discussed specially in US and UK related to the processes of peer review since the sixties. The results showed unequivocally that the Evaluation System of Capes has contributed significantly to the maintenance and improvement of the quality of programs. On the other hand, the perceptions from the programs coordinators concerning the Qualis System yet show hesitations and polemics. The dimension of scientific production needs to be further discussed and refined, as was evidenced in the review of the State of the Art, and by the replies of the coordinators of peer judgments about the quality of articles, with the introduction of Qualis System. The research has shown that there is no consensus regarding to that aspect. The interviews enabled the historic review of the process of evaluation of graduate programs developed by Capes, from its beginning, imagined only to serve as guidance for funding, considering also the turning points, and use of information technology and continued effort of systematization, and finally, the insertion of the Qualis that still require more reflections, enhancements and complements. The present situation of the system is discussed specially with respect to the concept and assessment of professional and interdisciplinary programs. From this presentation some issues were raised for future investigation.

A produção de conhecimento científico na relação entre ciências humanas e ciências da natureza é o tema deste trabalho, inserido no campo de investigação da Educação Superior. Produção de conhecimento científico é tomado como uma produção humana nas suas relações históricas e sociais, e a interdisciplinaridade como uma possibilidade dentro do movimento de crítica à fragmentação e à dualidade no fazer científico. O objetivo geral aqui é analisar e compreender o processo de produção do conhecimento científico construído na relação entre ciências humanas e da natureza. O locus de estudo foram Programas de Pós-Graduação Interdisciplinares reconhecidos e recomendados pela CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior). A pesquisa considerou oito desses Programas. O critério de escolha foi a existência de cursos de doutorado que contemplassem a relação entre ciências humanas e ciências da natureza. Utilizando-se da análise de conteúdo foram analisadas as Propostas dos Programas, as entrevistas semiestruturadas com coordenadores e/ou ex-coordenadores dos Programas, o Documento de Área da Comissão de Área Interdisciplinar (CAInter/CAPES, 2009), 177 Currículos Lattes dos professores/ pesquisadores membros permanentes dos Programas e 11 teses apontadas pelos interlocutores como teses que refletem a perspectiva almejada pelos Programas. Tomando por base principalmente os conceitos de Vieira Pinto, Prigogine, Claude Raynaut, Olga Pombo, e valendo-se das categorias analíticas de concepções de conhecimento, ciência e método e concepções e práticas interdisciplinares, este trabalho reconhece nos Programas de Pós- Graduação Interdisciplinares, dentro do espaço da universidade, um locus privilegiado para produção de conhecimento científico na relação entre sociedade e natureza, um caminho para a superação das tensões entre fragmentação e dualidade e o fazer científico com vistas à interdisciplinaridade. Sugere ainda a necessidade de estudos e práticas que se dediquem à análise e à construção de práticas interdisciplinares que possam vislumbrar, como resultados, metodologias interdisciplinares construídas na dimamicidade do processo científico. Práticas interdisciplinares requerem, portanto, um pensamento genuíno, cuja reflexão contemple o movimento contido no processo, em detrimento da inércia típica da fragmentação e da dualidade. / The production of scientific knowledge within the relationship between humanities and natural sciences is the topic of this dissertation, inserted in the field of investigation of Higher Education. Production of scientific knowledge is taken as a human endeavor, within its historical and social relationships, and interdisciplinarity, as a possibility within the movement of critique of fragmentation and dualism of science making. The main goal was to analyze and understand the process of scientific knowledge production constructed within the relationship between human and natural sciences. The locus of the research has been Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs accredited and recommended by CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior). The research, focused on eight Programs, had as a criterion of choice doctoral programs that operate in the relationship between human and natural sciences. By using content analysis, the research focused on analyzing the Programs' proposals; semi-structured interviews with Programs' coordinators and/or former coordinators; the Interdisciplinary Area Committee Document; 177 (Lattes Platform) CVs of professors and researchers participating in the programs; and 11 dissertations that reflected their own Programs' perspective, pointed out as such by the interviewees. Grounded mainly on the concepts by Vieira Pinto, Prigogine, Claude Raynaut, and Olga Pombo, and based on the analytical categories of conceptions of knowledge, science and method; and of interdisciplinary conceptions and practices; the results of the dissertation indicate that the Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs, within the scope of the university, are privileged loci for scientific knowledge production within the relationship between society and nature, as a way to overcome the tensions between fragmentation and dualism, and the science making that aims at interdisciplinarity. It suggests the need for further studies and practices dedicated to the analysis and construction of interdisciplinary practices that are able to produce, as their result, interdisciplinary methodologies built upon the dynamicity of the scientific endeavor. Interdisciplinary practices, therefore, demand genuine thinking, whose reflection is able to comprise the movement assumed within the process, at the expense of the inertia typical of fragmentation and duality.

O objetivo do presente estudo é analisar as teses e dissertações produzidas na USP e na PUC/SP entre 1990 e 2006 sobre o adolescente e o ato infracional, buscando compreender se e como essas produções têm contribuído para a compreensão e o pensar de propostas que contribuam para o enfrentamento da questão do adolescente e o ato infracional. A expressão adolescente e o ato infracional compreende todo o percurso desse sujeito: as circunstâncias que levam ao cometimento da primeira infração, a sua passagem pelo sistema de justiça (entendido aqui em sentido amplo, incluindo-se as entidades de execução de medidas sócio-educativas), a repercussão dessa trajetória; compreende, ainda, todos os demais atores que com ele se relacionam durante esse percurso. Realizou-se uma pesquisa quanti-qualitativa, tendo sido selecionadas 100 (cem) teses e dissertações produzidas no período a respeito dessa temática, sendo 39 da USP e 61 da PUC/SP, com a coleta e análise dos seguintes dados: nome do pesquisador, título do trabalho, ano de defesa, instituição (PUC/USP), área (programa de Pós-Graduação); Mestrado ou Doutorado; tipo de pesquisa (campo/teórica); metodologia de pesquisa; temática e orientador. As categorias analisadas quantitativamente são produção por ano, por Programa de Pós-Graduação, por orientador, metodologias utilizadas e temáticas pesquisadas, buscando-se sua contextualização e interpretação. A seguir, realiza-se um diálogo de uma amostra de 40 dessas teses e dissertações com as Doutrinas da Situação Irregular e da Proteção Integral (os dois grandes paradigmas do Direito da Criança e do Adolescente no Brasil) e com as três grandes perspectivas da Criminologia (Individual, Sociológica e Radical ou Crítica). / The objective of the present study is an analisys about the scientific literature on the adolescent and the act of infraction, as expressed in thesis and dissertations produced at PUC/SP and at USP from 1990 to 2006, trying to comprehend if and how this literature has been contributing, by its ideas and proposals, for the question of the adolescent and the act of infraction. The expression adolescent and the act of infraction comprehends the trajectory of the subject in many ways: from the circumstances that lead to the first infraction, his path into and through the juvenile justice system (understood here in a major sense, including the organizations responsible for the execution of socioeducacional measures), and the repercussion of this trajectory; it also comprehends all the diverse actors that interact with this adolescent during this journey. A quantitative and qualitative research was conducted among 100 (one hundred) selected thesis and dissertations produced in the aforementioned period, with 39 from USP and 61 from PUC/SP, comprehending the collection and analysis of the following data: name of the researcher, heading (title) of the work, year of defense, institution (PUC/USP), area (Graduate programs); degree (Master or Doctor); type of research (field/theoretical); methodology; thematic field and advisor. The categories presented in the quantitative analysis are: scientific production per year, per Graduate Program and per advisor, methodologies and thematic fields, with these categories and data being thoroughly discussed and interpretated. Next, a sample composed by 40 (forty) of this theses and dissertations is discussed vis-à-vis the Irregular Situation and Integral Protection Doctrines of Child and Adolescent Rights in Brazil and the three major Criminology perspectives (Individual, Sociological and Radical or Critical).

The primary purpose of this study was the development of a model graduate program leading to a master's degree in physical education which could be used in Thailand and provide suitable guidelines for Thai colleges and universities interested in establishing such a program. A secondary purpose was to develop a systematic approach for student admission and a retention plan which would be compatible with the current trends and administration of higher education in Thailand. Following a review of the literature that included the history of general education, higher education, and physical education in Thailand as well as graduate study in physical education in the United States, a research instrument was devised to elicit responses from chairpersons of physical education departments in 156 U.S. institutions of higher learning and from a professional panel of five physical educators in Thailand concerning four aspects of master's degree programs in physical education: patterns and organization, curricular concepts, admission and retention requirements, and core course requirements. The return rate for the chairpersons surveyed in the United States was 85 per cent. The responses received from the U.S. and Thai professionals revealed a consensus between the two groups with regard to a number of the items in all four of the topic areas covered by the questionnaire. Based upon the survey results, guidelines were suggested for a model master's degree program in physical education in Thai colleges and universities. In addition, recommendations for further research were made, notably a review of master's programs in physical education in other countries which could provide valuable information for further modification of the model and systematic evaluation of the model program as implemented within a university setting.

This study examined the demographic characteristics and education-related experiences of adults age 50 and beyond enrolled in graduate degree programs on the academic campus of Virginia Commonwealth University. The major focus for this study was to identify and examine the experiences of adults age 50 and older enrolled in graduate degree programs. The population for the study included 113 adults age 50 and older who were enrolled in graduate degree programs on the academic campus of Virginia Commonwealth University between fall 1995 and fall 1996. Surveys were mailed to these potential participants with a total of96 individuals responding. A focus group interview was also conducted in the fall semester of 1996 to gain further insight regarding their experiences; the respondents were eager to share their responses during this session. The findings in this study revealed that older adults in graduate degree programs at Virginia Commonwealth University were between the ages of 50 to 62, were more often married than not, had no children under the age of eighteen in the household, and most completed their last degree in 1979. The results of the survey revealed that most of the adults did not have negative feelings about their experiences. Overall, these students felt very positive about their educational-related experiences. There were, however, several administrative concerns associated with the selected demographics of gender, occupation, income, marital status, age and major field of study, and .the education-related experiences of these adults. While most respondents agreed that it was very difficult to maintain their family, work and personal life while earning this degree, they were overall satisfied with their experiences and felt challenged even though their socializing time was significantly reduced. The respondents were not as satisfied with the administration and staff because they were not available for support after work hours when they had concerns that needed addressing. They also felt their classrooms were not adequately prepared to accommodate the older learners, especially in regard to having appropriate visual equipment and adequately designed desks for older students. The data obtained will be useful to Virginia Commonwealth University in making decisions relative to improving existing services, developing innovative programs, designing policies and procedures that will improve recruitment, retention, and completion of adults age 50 and beyond in graduate programs. Further study is needed from this population of students to ascertain whether there are additional experiences that should be examined and explored. A replication of the study may reveal additional information not addressed in this study. / Ph. D.

Instructional Design and Technology (IDT) professionals practice their skills in a broad range of career environments and job roles. Each career environment has lists of competencies and unique knowledge and skill requirements that may or may not be communicated to students, since IDT programs do not typically distinguish themselves as preparing students for specific career environments. Not much has been written concerning how, and how well, IDT programs are preparing students for professional practice in different career or work environments. This study utilized a mixed method approach to carry out a two phase study. In Phase I, current IDT practitioners were surveyed concerning the match between their preparation program and their IDT work experience, and their opinions of exemplary programs for preparing students for their career environment. Respondents to the survey indicated that they felt somewhat to fully prepared for general instructional design practices, but over 25% felt that their program was not adequate for preparing them for the cultural aspects of their career environment. Survey respondents identified Indiana University (Bloomington) and Florida State University (Tallahassee) as top exemplary programs for preparing graduates for practicing instructional design for a variety of career environments. Phase I results informed Phase II of the research, which consisted of a case study of the Instructional Systems program at Florida State University. The case study identified the philosophies of educators at an exemplary program, the experiences those philosophies were based on, and specific ways the program instantiated those philosophies. Educators at Florida State use a pragmatic combination of situated methods and strategies that enable students to develop expertise through participation in communities of practice relevant to their career goals. The study concluded that, with respect to career environment preparation, the best approach to IDT preparation is a generalist approach that provides flexibility in coursework selection so that students can obtain coursework and authentic experiences to prepare them for the career environment of their choice. / Ph. D.

Esta pesquisa discute a avaliação da pós-graduação no Brasil, analisando, de um lado, o sistema de avaliação da CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior) e, de outro, a opinião da comunidade científica sobre esse sistema, focando especificamente nos critérios e instrumentos utilizados para esse fim. Pretendeu-se, com esta abordagem, contribuir para o aprimoramento do sistema de avaliação nacional da pós-graduação, tornando a avaliação um processo pactuado entre a CAPES e os programas de pós-graduação no Brasil. Para isso, foram confrontados os procedimentos utilizados no sistema de avaliação expressos nos documentos da CAPES e documentos das áreas de avaliação, com as opiniões da comunidade acadêmica apresentadas em artigos de periódicos e monografias. Foram estabelecidos como referenciais teóricos da pesquisa os conceitos de campo científico de Bourdieu e o de avaliação de Dahler- Larsen. O corpus da pesquisa foi coletado em três fontes: documentos criados pela CAPES, que contextualizam a pós-graduação e sua avaliação (PNPG 2011-2020); os Documentos de área elaborados pelas 48 áreas de avaliação e as críticas da comunidade acadêmica publicados em artigos de periódicos científicos. O corpus foi analisado e sistematizado por meio do método de Análise de Conteúdo. A análise teve como fio condutor os seis quesitos de avaliação de programas de pós-graduação da CAPES: Proposta do programa, Corpo docente, Corpo discente, teses e dissertações, Produção intelectual, Inserção social, e Internacionalização, bem como a Avaliação como um todo. Buscou-se identificar os comentários positivos, os comentários negativos e as sugestões da comunidade acadêmica. O quesito Produção intelectual foi o que recebeu a maior quantidade de críticas, identificando-se, portanto, como o foco das dúvidas e comentários da comunidade acadêmica. Os quesitos Proposta do programa, Corpo docente, Corpo discente, teses e dissertações, Inserção social, e Internacionalização receberam menor quantidade de comentários. Os resultados mostram que a avaliação, como um todo, apesar das críticas, é reconhecida como necessária pela comunidade acadêmica. Como contribuição final, foram feitas sugestões para aprimorar a enunciação dos quesitos e critérios de avaliação, de forma a promover sua melhor compreensão e transparência. / This research discusses the graduate evaluation in Brazil, analyzing, on the one hand, the evaluation system of CAPES (Higher Education Personnel Training Coordination) and, on the other, the opinion of the scientific community about this system, specifically focusing on criteria and instruments used for this purpose. It was intended, with this approach, contribute to the improvement of the national evaluation system, in order to make evaluation a process agreed between CAPES and graduate programs in Brazil. For this, they were confronted the procedures used in evaluation system expressed in the Capes documents and documents of the evaluation areas, with the views of the academic community presented in journal papers and monographs. The concepts of scientific field (Bourdieu) and evaluation society (Dahler-Larsen) were used as theoretical background of this research. The corpus of the research was collected from three sources: the documents created by CAPES which contextualize the evaluation process (PNPG 2011-2020), the documents prepared by the 48 evaluation areas and criticisms of the academic community published in scientific journals. The corpus was analyzed and systematized through the method of Content Analysis. The analysis was to thread the six evaluation items of graduate programs of CAPES: Program proposal, Faculty, Students, Theses and dissertations, Intellectual production, Social insertion, and Internationalization. One tried to identify the positive comments, negative comments and suggestions of the academic community. The item Intellectual Production has received the highest amount of criticism, becoming therefore the focus of the questions and comments of the academic community. The items Program proposal, Faculty, Students, Theses and dissertations, Social insertion, and Internationalization received fewer comments. The results show that evaluation, despite criticism, is recognized as necessary by the academic community. As a final contribution, suggestions were made to enhance the formulation of the evaluation criteria in order to promote their better understanding and transparency.

Esta pesquisa discute a avaliação da pós-graduação no Brasil, analisando, de um lado, o sistema de avaliação da CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior) e, de outro, a opinião da comunidade científica sobre esse sistema, focando especificamente nos critérios e instrumentos utilizados para esse fim. Pretendeu-se, com esta abordagem, contribuir para o aprimoramento do sistema de avaliação nacional da pós-graduação, tornando a avaliação um processo pactuado entre a CAPES e os programas de pós-graduação no Brasil. Para isso, foram confrontados os procedimentos utilizados no sistema de avaliação expressos nos documentos da CAPES e documentos das áreas de avaliação, com as opiniões da comunidade acadêmica apresentadas em artigos de periódicos e monografias. Foram estabelecidos como referenciais teóricos da pesquisa os conceitos de campo científico de Bourdieu e o de avaliação de Dahler- Larsen. O corpus da pesquisa foi coletado em três fontes: documentos criados pela CAPES, que contextualizam a pós-graduação e sua avaliação (PNPG 2011-2020); os Documentos de área elaborados pelas 48 áreas de avaliação e as críticas da comunidade acadêmica publicados em artigos de periódicos científicos. O corpus foi analisado e sistematizado por meio do método de Análise de Conteúdo. A análise teve como fio condutor os seis quesitos de avaliação de programas de pós-graduação da CAPES: Proposta do programa, Corpo docente, Corpo discente, teses e dissertações, Produção intelectual, Inserção social, e Internacionalização, bem como a Avaliação como um todo. Buscou-se identificar os comentários positivos, os comentários negativos e as sugestões da comunidade acadêmica. O quesito Produção intelectual foi o que recebeu a maior quantidade de críticas, identificando-se, portanto, como o foco das dúvidas e comentários da comunidade acadêmica. Os quesitos Proposta do programa, Corpo docente, Corpo discente, teses e dissertações, Inserção social, e Internacionalização receberam menor quantidade de comentários. Os resultados mostram que a avaliação, como um todo, apesar das críticas, é reconhecida como necessária pela comunidade acadêmica. Como contribuição final, foram feitas sugestões para aprimorar a enunciação dos quesitos e critérios de avaliação, de forma a promover sua melhor compreensão e transparência. / This research discusses the graduate evaluation in Brazil, analyzing, on the one hand, the evaluation system of CAPES (Higher Education Personnel Training Coordination) and, on the other, the opinion of the scientific community about this system, specifically focusing on criteria and instruments used for this purpose. It was intended, with this approach, contribute to the improvement of the national evaluation system, in order to make evaluation a process agreed between CAPES and graduate programs in Brazil. For this, they were confronted the procedures used in evaluation system expressed in the Capes documents and documents of the evaluation areas, with the views of the academic community presented in journal papers and monographs. The concepts of scientific field (Bourdieu) and evaluation society (Dahler-Larsen) were used as theoretical background of this research. The corpus of the research was collected from three sources: the documents created by CAPES which contextualize the evaluation process (PNPG 2011-2020), the documents prepared by the 48 evaluation areas and criticisms of the academic community published in scientific journals. The corpus was analyzed and systematized through the method of Content Analysis. The analysis was to thread the six evaluation items of graduate programs of CAPES: Program proposal, Faculty, Students, Theses and dissertations, Intellectual production, Social insertion, and Internationalization. One tried to identify the positive comments, negative comments and suggestions of the academic community. The item Intellectual Production has received the highest amount of criticism, becoming therefore the focus of the questions and comments of the academic community. The items Program proposal, Faculty, Students, Theses and dissertations, Social insertion, and Internationalization received fewer comments. The results show that evaluation, despite criticism, is recognized as necessary by the academic community. As a final contribution, suggestions were made to enhance the formulation of the evaluation criteria in order to promote their better understanding and transparency.

Master of Science / Department of Horticulture, Forestry, and Recreation Resources / Candice A. Shoemaker / To investigate factors of academic and social integration as predictors of intention to persist for graduate students and differences in student’s academic and social integration between campus based and online programs College of Agriculture Master’s students in U.S. campus and online degree programs were surveyed. To investigate potential influences of differences, graduate College of Agriculture program directors were surveyed. Data was gathered using online questionnaires. The student questionnaire included demographics, as well as three scales, academic integration, social integration and intention to persist. Academic integration was measured with the subscales of advisor relationship and academic interaction. Social integration was measured with the subscales of peer group support, faculty interactions and involvement in social interactions. The subscales for each scale were combined to create academic integration, social integration and socialization scores. The director questionnaire included five questions designed to measure attitudes and design of online programs. Mean scores were formulated from descriptive statistics. Correlation and regression analysis were used to identify scale relationships. ANOVA, Mann-Whitney U and Tukey’s HSD were conducted to identify program differences and to identify attitude and program format differences. A significant positive relationship between academic integration and social integration was identified as well as a significant positive relationship between academic and social integration and intention to persist. Significant differences were found between online and campus students, with campus students being higher on academic and social integration scales, but not on the intention to persist scale. Significant differences were also found on graduate director attitudes and types of communication used in the graduate online programs. This study indicates that socialization as explained through academic and social integration is an important factor of persistence in Masters Students, and that there are differences in integration of campus and online students. Strategies to improve socialization and completion include faculty/graduate student interactions and active graduate student clubs and for online students; communication components designed to increase meaningful interactions.