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MASTER’S DEGREE DISSERTATIONS LINKED TO EXTENSION PROJECTS: ASSUMPTIONS FOR THE ACADEMIC TRIPOD

ABSTRACT:

This article aim to present a research about the involvement of postgraduation students in Physical Education, from the University of the State of Santa Catarina (UDESC), in extension projects in the development of their Master’s degree dissertation. The methodology employed was the applied research, which has a descriptive character, with qualitative analysis of the data. Seven Masters of Physical Education took part in this study, with the age of 28 ± 7,07 years old. An online questionnaire was employed, which hold in data of characterization of the participants and ten open questions as well. The data were analyzed by the Technic of Content Analysis. As a result, the attachment of the participants in the extension projects that had been carried out since the graduation was identified, and this has motivated them to maintain this attachment also during the postgraduation. Furthermore, the investigated Masters have identified many benefits in linking their dissertation to the extension. In conclusion, we believe in the potentiality of the researches related to extension and in motivating these kind of studies, once they could provide a feedback to academic research, and assure qualified interventions to the community.

Keywords:
university extension; postgraduation; dissertation; Physical Education

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