A produção acadêmica em Financiamento da Educação no Nordeste brasileiro: as teses e dissertações em educação das universidades federais

Abstract

The article presents an overview of the academic production on Education Financing in the Postgraduate Programs in Education of the federal universities in the Brazilian Northeast, from 1990 to 2019. The documentary research, of an exploratory and descriptive nature, inserted among the review studies that map and analyze, was based on content analysis to explore the 87 theses and dissertations on Education Financing. The results showed a significant growth in production in the area, with a prevalence of dissertations and a concentration of studies in some universities (UFPI, UFRN, UFC and UFPB), as well as the predominance of the themes: valorization of teaching, social control and financing of basic education. In contrast, the research showed the need for more studies on: financing of secondary education and youth and adult education; public spending on MDE and financial decentralization – themes with less representation of the analyzed set.