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Administrative activities versus academic production of professors: reflections on graduate programs in physics

It aims to diagnose factors involved in the scientific production resulting from the systematic execution of academic and administrative activities, from professors of the graduate programs of Physics from Federal University of Minas Gerais, Pernambuco and Rio de Janeiro, in the period 2007-2009. It uses methodological triangulation to contemplate the quantitative (bibliometrics and scientometrics), qualitative (content analysis) and interpretive (content analysis) methods. There is a need to include and score in assessment triennial of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Level Personnel (CAPES), administrative and extension activities. The survey results were grouped by professors who executed administrative activities in Group 5, and those who did not execute, checking how they behave in relation to other groups. Thus, it is observed that the administrative activities do not influence the academic activities for Groups 1 (academic activities ) and 2 (scientific). The Group 3 (extension) where professors mostly executing administrative activities in a moderate way, there was an increased in scientific production. The comparison in this period and extract, it appears, in general, that the administrative activities do not influence in the decrease in the amount of academic, extension and scientific production.

Scientific Production; Administrative Activities; Academic Activities; Extension; Graduate Program in Physics


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