Research Issues Orbiting the STS Approach: A Network Analysis of the Brazilian Academic Production in Education

Authors

  • Thiago Brañas de Melo IFRJ - campus São Gonçalo; CEFET/RJ
  • Fernanda Costa da Cruz de Pontes CEFET/RJ
  • Marcia Bengio de Albuquerque CEFET/RJ
  • Marco Aurelio Ferreira Brasil da Silva CEFET/RJ
  • Alvaro Chrispino CEFET/RJ

Keywords:

Science-Technology-Society (STS), Network Analysis, orbital of keywords, Education journals, STS Brazil.

Abstract

Science-Technology-Society (STS) is an approach that recognizes science and technology as complex social processes and that is established at the confluence of several search fields. This article aims to identify which research themes are related to STS in the Brazilian academic production. Therefore, as a methodological tool, we opted for using the Network Analysis on the keywords of 144 articles published in journals of the field. When viewing the network, the generated image resembled an orbital, showing STS in the center and the other 173 keywords around it. Based on the network centrality measures, we identify the twenty most relevant keywords, which composed a set of research themes connected to STS. The qualitative analysis of this set generated a review of the Brazilian production in STS Education.

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Author Biography

Thiago Brañas de Melo, IFRJ - campus São Gonçalo; CEFET/RJ

Professor de Matemática da Educação Básica, Técnica e Tecnológica do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro, campus São Gonçalo.

Doutorando do Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciência, Tecnologia e Educação do Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca (CEFET/RJ).

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Published

2016-12-15

How to Cite

Melo, T. B. de, Pontes, F. C. da C. de, Albuquerque, M. B. de, Silva, M. A. F. B. da, & Chrispino, A. (2016). Research Issues Orbiting the STS Approach: A Network Analysis of the Brazilian Academic Production in Education. Brazilian Journal of Research in Science Education, 16(3), 607–626. Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/rbpec/article/view/4584

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 3 (2016): Setembro-Dezembro

Section

Artigos

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