A produção do conhecimento no Serviço Social e sua relação com o exercício profissional: uma análise das dissertações de mestrado em Serviço Social da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Abstract

This work aims to analyze the relationship between the knowledge produced in the post graduation in Social Service with the professional practice of social assistance. Therefore, we analyzed the Master’s dissertations of post graduation program in Social Service at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora during the years 2007 to July 2012, totaling 60 Master's dissertations. The study was developed through qualitative and quantitative research, using the technique of content analysis. Therefore, it was necessary to reproduce the entire history of the approaching Social Service beginning with research and knowledge production, highlighting the important role of post graduation in this process. We also analyze the approach of the brazilian Social Service with the marxist tradition, pointing out the repercussions of this approach in knowledge production. We problematize the particularity of knowledge production in social service, especially with regard to its links with professional practice. With the analysis of Master's dissertations was possible to verify that the professional has been a great stimulator of the production of knowledge produced within the post graduation and dissertations have analyzed a concern for professional practice, but it is necessary to mature discussions the relationship of what is produced at the University with the professional social assistance.