The Brazilian’s academic productivity evaluation policy from the researchers' perspective: a meta-synthesis

The goal of frequent publishing in journals of excellence has resulted in exhaustive journeys of many teachers. This meta-synthesis aims to verify how the Brazilian researchers have studied the positioning of their peers, considering the scientific productivity’s evaluation policy in the country formulated by CAPES and CNPQ. Those institutions adopt productivity criteria that guide the evaluation of postgraduate programs and their teachers. A total of 46 scientific papers were found, of which 4 were used for the meta-synthesis. The criteria of selection and analysis adopted were based on Bakhtin's language philosophy: criticality, plurilingualism, ideological positioning, quality of insights and socio-historical contextualization. Even the few studies that met the above criteria prioritize methodologies that are based on quantitative measurement logic, with insufficient appropriation of historical aspects and voices in the analyzes. It was verified that the evaluation policy not only evaluates, but strengthens and induces certain research practices. By not problematizing the context and the voices, one runs the risk of adopting functionalist positions, which legitimize statements already in evidence, naturalizing reality and failing to recognize the individuals as transformation agents. We conclude that studies that focus on evaluation policies should consider the construction of the researcher's modes of subjectivity. There is not enough clarity in the literature about how does evaluation criteria interfere on individual’s subjectivity and on how does one organizes and gives meaning to it’s work and himself.

Keywords:
Evaluation; Bakhtin; Productivity