Undergraduate research in the contexts of basic and higher education

from official documents to training aspects

Authors

  • Evandro Gonçalves Leite Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN), Campus Pau dos Ferros, Pau dos Ferros - RN - Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4240-7904
  • Regina Celi Mendes Pereira Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), Centro de Ciências Humanas, Letras e Artes, Campus I, João Pessoa - PB - Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5538-035X
  • Maria do Socorro Maia Fernandes Barbosa Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (UERN), Campus de Pau dos Ferros, Pau dos Ferros - RN – Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2261-5658

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1981-5794-e13679

Keywords:

literacy, academic literacy, undergraduate research project, high school, higher education

Abstract

Undergraduate research projects, traditionally implemented in higher education, have also been present at high school level. Based on this reality, we aim at analyzing, comparatively, undergraduate research projects in these two contexts regarding their principles and guidelines recommended in official documents and training aspects in educational practices. In this sense, for both levels of education, we have selected official documents dealing with this science education policy, as well as final reports on undergraduate research projects in the area of Linguistics and Literature. The data were analyzed based on reflections about education through research and studies concerning literacy and academic literacy, using a qualitative-interpretative approach. The analyses indicate that the official documents, in both contexts, are based on similar conceptions, mainly the research as pedagogical principle, but there are investment differences which are significantly bigger in higher education. The reports, in turn, suggest the conduction of similar activities/routines in the process of construction and socialization of scientific knowledge, materialized in texts that demonstrate knowledge and difficulties that are independent of the education level. Therefore, in the situation we investigated, there are more similarities than differences between undergraduate research programs in both high school and higher education, especially when it comes to training aspects, although the projects develop in different settings.

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Author Biographies

Evandro Gonçalves Leite, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN), Campus Pau dos Ferros, Pau dos Ferros - RN - Brasil.

Professor de Língua Portuguesa e Literatura do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte - Campus Pau dos Ferros. Mestre em Linguística pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba. Doutor em Letras pela Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte.

Regina Celi Mendes Pereira, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), Centro de Ciências Humanas, Letras e Artes, Campus I, João Pessoa - PB - Brasil.

Doutora em Letras pela UFPE (2005) e Mestre pela UFPB (1997), onde atua na graduação e na pós-Graduação em Linguística (PROLING/UFPB). É bolsista de produtividade em pesquisa 1D do CNPq, uma das líderes do GELIT/CNPq/PROLING-UFPB, membro do grupo ALTER (USP) e editora da Revista Prolíngua.

Maria do Socorro Maia Fernandes Barbosa, Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (UERN), Campus de Pau dos Ferros, Pau dos Ferros - RN – Brasil.

Mestre e Doutora em Estudos da Linguagem pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Professora do Departamento de Letras Estrangeiras do Campus Pau dos Ferros da Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte, onde atua no curso de Letras, no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras e no Programa de Mestrado Profissional em Letras. Pesquisadora do Grupo de Estudos do Discurso (GRED/UERN).

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Published

23/02/2022

How to Cite

LEITE, E. G.; PEREIRA, R. C. M.; BARBOSA, M. do S. M. F. Undergraduate research in the contexts of basic and higher education: from official documents to training aspects. ALFA: Revista de Linguística, São Paulo, v. 66, 2022. DOI: 10.1590/1981-5794-e13679. Disponível em: https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/alfa/article/view/13679. Acesso em: 2 jan. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 66 (2022)

Section

Papers

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