About curriculum history: themes, concepts and references of Brazilian researches

ABSTRACT The aim of this article is to analyze the historiographical production about curriculum in Brazil based on the incidence of themes, concepts, and references. The methodology involved strategies of bibliometric research and meta-research. The work was organized into three stages: systematic literature review, analysis of titles and abstracts of theses and dissertations, and analysis of bibliographical references and keywords of scientific articles. The analysis of the study objects of theses and dissertations has shown that academic production can be divided into four thematic axes that concern both the school context and the academic context: courses, disciplines, policies and practical theories. The networks formed from bibliographical references and keywords indicated in the articles revealed that the epistemological basis of this academic production is intrinsically related to two main research areas: history of education and curriculum studies.

摘要 本文旨在基于主题、概念与引用的出现频次，分析巴西课程领域的史学研究产出。本研究采用文献计量研究（bibliometric research）与元研究（meta-research）作为方法论框架。研究划分为三个阶段：系统文献综述（systematic literature review）、学位论文题名与摘要分析、以及学术文章参考文献与关键词分析。对学位论文研究对象的分析结果表明，该领域的学术产出可划分为四大主题轴，覆盖学校场域与学术场域两大范畴：课程、学科、政策与实践理论。基于文章中参考文献与关键词构建的共现网络显示，该学术产出的认识论基础与两大核心研究领域存在内在关联：教育史与课程研究（curriculum studies）。