TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN GEOGRAPHY

Abstract

The present study has been developed at the University of Pernambuco, Campus of Petrolina, with students of the Collegiate of Geography who have not completed the Course during the four-year regular period. The fact to motivate the disclosure of the problem regarding the number of students that have not completed the course in the expected time was the observation that learners when reached the eighth period always finalized the disciplines, leaving behind the End of Course Work. Therefore, the work aims to analyze the absence of research in training of graduate students in geography and the implications on the completion of the final work of course. It is of utmost importance to point out that since the inclusion of the Research Paper in the Course of Geography at the University of Pernambuco/Petrolina in 2007 it has been observed an estrangement between research and teaching. This conduct makes us wonder about the insertion of research activities in the graduation process with regard to the licentiate degrees, mainly with End of Course Works and subsequently Scholarships for Scientific Initiation which are not provided, a group of lecturers whose practice turn to research as an activity essential to teaching at all levels