A produção de conhecimento em Serviço Social: uma análise acerca das tendências teórico-metodológicas presentes nas monografias do curso de Serviço Social da UFRN

Abstract

The monograph presented here carries out a research about the production of knowledge in Social Work, specifically in function of the analysis of the theoretical and methodological trends observed in the Conclusion of Course Works (CCW’s) referring to the undergraduate degree in Social Work at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (FURN) defended in 2020. The choice for this theme was made through experience as a scientific initiation scholarship holder during graduation, for researching the production of knowledge in Social Work. Thus, the main purpose of this research concerns in the selection of information about the theoretical and methodological trends observed in the CCW’s, through the analysis of their titles, abstract, keywords, introduction and bibliographic references. With that, the research consists of using the documentary and bibliographic method, in the light of historicaldialectical materialism, of a quantitative and qualitative feature, considering the perspective of the totality when analyzing the information found. Therefore, the initial results indicated that the FURN Course Completion Works in 2020 have diversity in the themes worked on, while the majority have in common the motivation for choosing the theme: the experience in the curricular internships throughout the undergraduate course. Therefore, there is also plurality in theoretical foundations, reinforced by the use of Brazilian authors who are references in Social Work, developing discussions through historical-dialectical materialism as a method of analysis.