It analyzes the elements that contributed to the concretization of what today constitutes the Postgraduate Program in Education (PPGE) of the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), that is done based on reading and interpretation of the obtained documents and testimonies. It follows and analyzes the four phases of the program: the initial one, or creation, from 1975 to 1983; the second, from 1984 to 1991; the third, from 1992 to 1997; and the fourth phase, since 1998 until today. It comes to the conclusion that PPGE was consolidated throughout these periods, and that its characteristics were defined by decisions, limitations and faced difficulties. It considers the results as referring and challenging to the knowledge and criticism of a consolidation process, from which we should practice exemption and freedom in critic-reflective mediation on the value of the acts and facts revealed throughout this trajectory.
scientific communication; thesis; education; post-graduate studies in education; scientific production; Universidade Federal do Paraná