ABSTRACT:
In the last decades, discussions about deaf education have provided a fertile ground for the development of researches in the field. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the state of knowledge about deaf education based on Master’s and PhD researches. Through a bibliometric approach, a total of 62 Master’s theses and eight PhD dissertations about the theme, available in the Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, defended between 2010 and 2014, were analyzed in detail. The results indicated a higher concentration of productions in the Southeast and South regions of Brazil, in public Higher Education institutions and in the areas of Human Sciences and Linguistics, Literature and Arts. It was also observed a considerable number of deaf people among the authors of the productions and the prevalence of a socio-anthropological conception among the theses and dissertations. Among the privileged themes in the investigations, those that focused on inclusion, language, educational interpreter, teacher education and bilingual school/education were the main themes in the area. Finally, from the scenario observed, it is expected that future research deepens the themes investigated, contemplates the observed gaps and, mainly, continues to indicate ways for changes in the educational reality of deaf students.
KEYWORDS:
Special Education; Deaf education; Scientific production