Dissertação
Ex-bolsistas Capes de doutorado pleno no país e exterior: um estudo comparado no âmbito das ciências biológicas II
Fecha
2011-07-15Registro en:
JESUS, Sandra Lopes Hugo de. Capes full phd ex-student abroad and in Brasil: a comparative study concerning the biologic sciences area. 2011. 82 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Ciências Biológicas) - Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, 2011.
Autor
Jesus, Sandra Lopes Hugo de
Institución
Resumen
Over the last few years, numerous studies and discussions have taken place regarding the
results achieved by doctorates with education completed in Brazil and abroad, and they have
raised questions about the programs contributions to the scientific, technical, cultural, and
innovation in the area of the Biological Sciences II discipline. Primarily, the studies main
purpose was to verify quantitatively the data referring to the scientific productivity of the
participants of the Capes PhD programs in Brazil and overseas. The data was compiled using
their professional experience, completed academic supervisions, and published articles. The
quantitative data analysis, which included a sample of 37 former fellows in each modality,
showed no significant difference between the two programs. There was a predisposition of the
Brazilians students to publish a greater number of articles. On average, they had published
1.29 more articles, when compared to the students abroad. There were 808 articles published
by 36 the participants in the country; versus 517 published article by 24 overseas students.
One scholarship recipient in Brazil did not present results regarding the scientific production.
As for the participants abroad that number was 13. The number of participants that were
working in this particular field of study was also higher for those who held a doctorate in
Brazil, with 31 researchers, compared to 23 of the total number of students who did their PhD
studies in a foreign country. With respect to academic supervisions, students who studied
abroad supervised 91 students, while students, whose studies were held in Brazil, supervised
82 students on average. Some of the participants that held their PhD outside of Brazil went to
universities with an aggregated institutio nal prestige that was deemed lower when compared
to the Brazilian universities. It was concluded that, in the case of Biological Sciences II,
Capes could improve its selective process for those seeking a full PhD scholarship outside of
the country by establishing a more stringent selection process. The objective would be to
produce a more effective process that would benefit both the students and CAPES. This
improved process could facilitate the re- integration back into the academic life as well as
assist the scientific productivity of the students after they have finished their studies abroad.