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Graduate Program and Research

Master's Degree

Curriculum framework

O curso de Mestrado em Educação foi reformulado para se adequar aos avanços do campo acadêmico da Educação e às novas Linhas de Pesquisa e Projetos de Pesquisa dos Docentes do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da PUC-Rio.

Os alunos que entraram antes de 2025 seguem vinculados à estrutura curricular vigente em seu ingresso.

A seguir, indicamos a estrutura curricular nova (2025) e a anterior (2017 a 2024).

Currículo 2025 - atual

A matriz curricular está organizada em 3 níveis interconectados: 1) disciplinas obrigatórias de curso; 2) disciplinas de fundamentação teórica; 3) disciplinas optativas livres (vinculadas às linhas de pesquisa, aos grupos de pesquisa e aos projetos de pesquisa dos docentes). Intrinsecamente articulado às linhas de pesquisa, o currículo oferece uma base de conhecimentos que subsidia a análise da situação atual da Educação no Brasil e no mundo, sua organização, institucionalização, estrutura, problemas e desafios; fundamenta a formação para a pesquisa empírica, incluindo o domínio de métodos de produção e de análise de dados; subsidia a apropriação dos referenciais teórico-metodológicos da pesquisa e o aprofundamento de conhecimentos produzidos em diferentes campos de estudo.

Essa matriz curricular busca construir um percurso de expansão inicial do olhar dos pós-graduandos, ampliando-o para além do foco de seus recortes de pesquisa, para que possam compreender a dimensão e a complexidade dos desafios impostos à Educação (formal, não-formal e, de forma mais abrangente, como Formação Humana) por diferentes contextos, níveis, diferenças e desigualdades sociais. Essa expansão do olhar está presente, também, nas disciplinas de pesquisa que têm como principal objetivo promover o conhecimento dos pressupostos filosóficos epistemológicos da pesquisa científica e propiciar a análise das vantagens, alcances e limitações dos diferentes métodos e procedimentos de investigação em ciências humanas e sociais, evitando monismos metodológicos e assegurando a adequada relação objeto/método.

Requirements for obtaining a Master's degree

The student is required to obtain a minimum of 24 credits, distributed as follows:

  • 03 credits obtained from the course Brazilian Education;
  • 06 credits obtained from the course Educational Research I and II;
  • 03 credits obtained from the course Trabalho Supervisionado de Pesquisa (grupo de pesquisa).
  • 03 créditos em disciplinas de fundamentos, à escolha do mestrando;
  • 03 créditos em Produção acadêmica supervisionada;
  • 06 créditos em disciplinas optativas e/ou fundamentos;
  • O mestrando deverá ser aprovado em exame de língua estrangeira (obrigatoriamente inglês);
  • No caso de alunos bolsistas, realizar estágio docente;
  • Ser aprovado em Exame de Qualificação de Mestrado;
  • The master's student must present, defend and pass a Master's Dissertation defense.

Curriculum matrix 

Code

Title

Credits

Obrigatórias

EDU 2501

Educação Brasileira (M)

3

EDU 2503

Pesquisa Educacional I (M)

3

EDU 2504

Pesquisa Educacional II (M)

3

EDU 2507

Trabalho Supervisionado de Pesquisa I

3

EDU 2600

Produção acadêmica Supervisionada

3

Fundamentos

EDU2602

History of Brazilian Education

3

EDU2604

Filosofia da Educação

3

EDU2606

Sociologia da Educação

3

EDU2608

Psicologia da Educação

3

EDU2610

Anthropology and Education

3

EDU2612

Brazilian Educational Policy

3

EDU2614

Didática

3

São optativas todas as demais disciplinas oferecidas pelo PPGE; as disciplinas optativas respondem tanto a exigências nucleadoras dos eixos temáticos, como a necessidades emergentes das pesquisas em desenvolvimento no Programa. As disciplinas eletivas, nos últimos semestres, têm discutido: Currículo (Estudos e Perspectivas); Cotidiano Escolar e Culturas; Formação de Professores e Trabalho Docente; Revisão Teórico-Prática de Pesquisas Quantitativas Correntes; Magistério (Cultura e História); A Indústria Cultural e Educação; Leitura, Escrita e Cultura; Concepções sobre Infância e Educação; Teorias recentes da cognição; Educação e Estética; Temas Críticos de Educação e Tecnologia; Ensino de Temas Controversos; História do Ensino Médio etc.

The combination of emerging themes with periodic review of bibliographies ensures the updating, innovation and progressive internationalization of the program's curriculum. In particular, bibliographies are increasingly integrating resources of various kinds, such as classic texts in the field, recent articles published in international journals (in different languages), multimedia resources (such as videos, infographics, collaborative activity platforms, online debate forums, live and/or recorded lectures by professors from other Programs and from other countries), as well as the production of the program itself, such as studies and publications of national scope (for example, in the areas of Politics and Didactics) and international scope (for example, in the areas of Technologies and Cultural Differences).

Currículo 2017-2024

The curriculum is ​​organized into 3 interconnected levels: 1) course compulsory disciplines; 2) optional theoretical foundational disciplines; 3) free electives (linked to research lines, to research groups and to the research projects of professors). Intrinsically linked to the research lines, the curriculum offers a knowledge base that grounds analysis of the current situation of Brazilian education, its organization, institutionalization, structure, problems and challenges; grounds training for empirical research, including the mastery of data collection methods and data analysis; supports the appropriation of theoretical-methodological references for research and the broadening of knowledge produced in different fields of study.

This curriculum matrix allows for an initial expansion of perspective for graduate students, temporarily taking the focus away from their research interests, so that they can understand the dimensions and complexity of the challenges imposed on Brazilian public education, in a context of many and profound social inequalities. This expansion is also present in research disciplines, whose main objective is to promote knowledge of the epistemological and philosophical principles of scientific research and to provide an analysis of the advantages, scope and limitations of the different research methods and procedures in human and social sciences, avoiding methodological monism and ensuring the appropriate object/method relationship.

Requirements for obtaining a Master's degree

The student is required to obtain a minimum of 24 credits, distributed as follows:

  • 03 credits obtained from the course Brazilian Education;
  • 06 credits obtained from the course Educational Research I and II;
  • 03 credits obtained from the course Trabalho Supervisionado de Pesquisa (grupo de pesquisa), a serem cursados obrigatoriamente em 02 semestres, com 01 cr. e 02 cr., respectivamente.
  • 06 credits obtained from foundation core disciplines.
  • 06 credits obtained from elective disciplines, at least one of which is not from the area of Education, at the discretion of the Graduate Committee, with prior approval by the student’s Advisor.
  • The master's student must pass a foreign language exam (English or French).
  • The master's student must present, defend and pass a Master's Dissertation defense.

Curriculum matrix 

CodeTitle
COMPULSORY DISCIPLINES
EDU 2501/2502Brazilian Education
EDU 2503Educational Research I
EDU 2504Educational Research II
FOUNDATION DISCIPLINES
EDU 2511 / 2512History of Brazilian Education
EDU 2513 / 2514Philosophy of Education I
EDU 2515 / 2516Philosophy of Education II
EDU 2517 / 2518Psychology of Education I
EDU 2519 / 2520Psychology of Education II
EDU 2521 / 2522Sociology of Education I
EDU 2523 / 2524Sociology of Education II
EDU 2525 / 2526Anthropology and Education
EDU 2527 / 2528Brazilian Educational Policy
EDU 2529 / 2530Politics and Education
EDU 2531 / 2532Current Issues in Didactics

All other courses offered by the Department are elective, except for participation in research groups; elective courses respond both to core requirements of the thematic pillars, as well as to the needs emerging from research under development in the Program. Recent elective courses include: Curriculum (Studies and Perspectives); School Life and Cultures; Theoretical-Practical Review of Current Quantitative Research; Teacher Training (Culture and History); The Culture Industry and Education; Reading, Writing and Culture; Concepts of Childhood and Education; Recent theories of cognition; Education and Aesthetics; Critical Themes on Education and Technology, etc.

The combination of emerging themes with periodic review of bibliographies ensures the updating, innovation and progressive internationalization of the program's curriculum. In particular, bibliographies are increasingly integrating resources of various kinds, such as classic texts in the field, recent articles published in international journals (in different languages), multimedia resources (such as videos, infographics, collaborative activity platforms, online debate forums, live and/or recorded lectures by professors from other Programs and from other countries), as well as the production of the program itself, such as studies and publications of national scope (for example, in the areas of Politics and Didactics) and international scope (for example, in the areas of Technologies and Cultural Differences).

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