ABSTRACT
This paper, which was inspired by a text pronounced in an anniversary celebration of the Education Postgraduate Program at the Federal University of Parana, aims at emphasizing the purpose and meaning of Postgraduation in Brazil. The Program journey itself summarizes the dimensions of the development process in the Education Postgraduation. Concomitant with its quantitative expansion, for which the Brazilian State conscious acts were essential by means of the Postgraduate National Plans, there was a research spreading on educational problems from the point of view of quality. Gradually, Postgraduation has been establishing an intellectual autonomous collective in the field. As its expression we punctuate the presence of the Program at annual meetings on that subject, its publications and dedication to countless students’ master and doctoral education. Simultaneously, the program, along with other postgraduate programs in Education, participating in the national education setup, is not free of being subject to evaluation processes conducted by CAPES/MEC. This article points out retreat risks at postgraduation as a whole through governmental policies which may deconstruct advances supported by funding and arrangements of peers’ participation in qualifying the field.
Keywords:
Brazilian Postgraduation in Education; Education Postgraduate Programs; Education Postgraduate Program at the Federal University of Parana