The development and Teaching Research Projects in Science and Math Teaching Areas: a reflection on Professional Master s Degrees

In this article we discuss the Professional Master s Degrees courses on Science and Math Teaching which are widely supported by CAPES in several areas. Such policy had an important impact on Science and Math Teaching areas, in such a way that we can see a greater number of professional courses than academic Master s Degrees nowadays. Nevertheless, reflections on the nature of the professional Master s Degrees courses and on their possible impact in Brazilian society is an absent issue in academic production in Science Education and in Educational Area, and it is restricted, up to now, to the Postgraduate Brazilian Magazine (published by CAPES ).We aim in this work to incite discussions concerning the nature of the studies developed in Professional Master s Degrees Courses in relation to the Development and Research Projects