Mapping knowledge in rural education in postgraduate programs at the Federal University of Piauí from 2017 to 2022

Abstract

With the challenge of presenting the mapping of academic knowledge in the postgraduate programs of the Federal University of Piauí (UFPI) on the theme of Education of the Countryside, this study has as its general objective to discuss the main themes of the theses and dissertations of the 07 (seven) postgraduate courses of UFPI that, due to the lines of research and area of ​​concentration, are likely to approach the theme, in the period from 2017 to 2022. For this purpose, the methodology used was the state of the art, the specific objectives of this study were delimited in: 1) Categorize the most recurrent themes within the academic productions of the program; 2) Analyze the methods and results achieved in the studied research; and 3) Identify the most referenced authors in the aforementioned research. As a research problem, the following question arises: Has Countryside Education of the been silenced in UFPI's postgraduate research, despite its relevance in the current Brazilian context? In its methodology, we used a bibliographic survey from 2017 to 2022, within the publications available in the digital databases of UFPI's graduate programs. As initial results, the research pointed out challenges regarding the study of Education of the Countryside, since research at UFPI does not usually address Education of the Countryside as a policy cycle, its structure and practical results, and, therefore, still presents timid studies regarding the needs that this educational modality needs to overcome in order to continue functioning with quality.