RESUMO: Este artigo tem como objetivo discutir sucintamente os "lugares" das dissertações e das teses em educação especial no Brasil. Busca-se desvelar a sua emergência e consolidação como objeto de investigação no interior dos Programas de Pós-Graduação em Educação (PPGE). Metodologicamente, a realização desse balanço exigiu a atualização estatística e a coleta de informações gerais (bibliografias e resumos) sobre as dissertações e as teses em análise. Essas informações vêm sendo organizadas e sistematizadas em duas bases de dados, a saber: 1) Pró-Identi; e 2) Caracter. Os principais resultados indicam que, no período de 1971 a 2016, foram defendidas 2864 dissertações e 711 teses, perfazendo um total de 3.575 defesas em Educação Especial, no âmbito dos PPGE brasileiros. Essas pesquisas foram desenvolvidas em 134 programas, com destaque para o Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Especial da Universidade Federal de São Carlos, e outros dez PPGE que juntos concentram 49,3% da produção da área. Ao consubstanciar nos autores consultados e no levantamento realizado, foi possível identificar e caracterizar três períodos dessa pesquisa no país, a saber: Pioneirismo, Expansão e Consolidação. Por fim, sinteticamente, é razoável considerar que passados 45 anos da defesa da primeira dissertação de Mestrado em Educação Especial no Brasil, a pesquisa sobre esse tema no país encontra-se consolidada.

ABSTRACT: This paper aims to discuss succinctly the "places" of master's theses and doctoral dissertations in Special Education in Brazil. It is sought to unveil its emergence and consolidation as an object of research within the Graduate Programs in Education (GPEs). Methodologically, the realization of this balance required the statistical update and the collection of general information (bibliographical data and summaries) about the theses and dissertations under analysis. This information has been organized and systematized into two databases, namely: 1) Pro-Identi; and 2) Caracter. The main results indicate that in the period from 1971 to 2016, 2,864 master's theses and 711 doctoral dissertations were defended, making a total of 3,575 defenses in Special Education, within the framework of the Brazilian GPEs. These researches were developed in 134 programs, with emphasis on the Graduate Program in Special Education of the Federal University of São Carlos, and ten other GPEs that together concentrate 49.3% of the production in the field. When consubstantiating the authors consulted and the survey made, it was possible to identify and characterize three periods of this research in the country, namely: Pioneerism, Expansion and Consolidation. Finally, synthetically, it is reasonable to consider that 45 years after the defense of the first master's thesis in Special Education in Brazil, research on this subject is consolidated in the country.

ABSTRACT Water erosion is one of the main environmental impacts of land use. When soil and water losses occur, nutrients essential for the growth and maintenance of plants are removed, with harmful outcomes on the sustainability of agriculture and the environment. In addition, they lead to other deleterious effects, such as sedimentation and eutrophication of water bodies. Estimation of soil losses due to water erosion in sub-basins is essential for prediction of soil degradation, especially in areas of semi-intensive cultivation, such as coffee fields. Thus, the aim of this study was to estimate soil losses in relation to the limit of soil loss tolerance in Oxisols (Latossolos Vermelhos Distróficos) under coffee cultivation. This study was conducted from March 2015 to January 2017 in the Córrego da Laje Hydrographic Sub-basin in the municipality of Alfenas in the southern region of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. Soil losses due to water erosion were estimated from the revised universal soil loss equation and compared to soil loss tolerance. Morphological, physical, and chemical properties of the soil were used, as well as geoprocessing techniques, remote-sensing images, and data from the literature. The results show potential soil losses from 0.01 to 18.77 Mg ha-1 yr-1, with an average of 1.52 Mg ha-1 yr-1. The soil loss tolerance ranged from 5.19 to 5.90 Mg ha-1 yr-1, with 7.35 % of the area having larger losses. Areas with steeper slopes and no sustainable practices have soil losses above the tolerance level and are thus a priority for adoption of measures to mitigate erosive effects. The revised universal soil loss equation enabled water erosion modeling and identification of areas with the highest rates of potential soil loss in watersheds.

RESUMO: a discussão sobre a análise da produção científica na área de Educação Especial (EEs) brasileira, já vem sendo objeto de estudo de vários pesquisadores. No entanto, ainda, são escassos os estudos sobre as características e tendências das teses sobre EE desenvolvidas pelos Programas de Pós-Graduação em Educação (PPGE) do estado de São Paulo (SP), no período de 1985 a 2009, levando em consideração os contextos mais abrangentes. Assim, a partir, de um exercício fundamentalmente analítico-sintético sobre as fontes bibliográfico-documentais e com o auxílio de fichas de registro, elaboramos um banco de dados (Caracter). Este banco de dados auxiliou-nos na identificação: de quem forma os doutores em EE nos PPGE do estado de SP (orientadores, programas, instituições etc.); das teses financiadas e respectivas agências de fomento; das temáticas privilegiadas; das populações-alvo desses estudos; das bases teóricas dessas teses; das fontes de pesquisas utilizadas; das metodologias; e das abordagens epistemológicas. Enfim, os resultados obtidos neste levantamento e as informações sistematizadas ao longo de seu desenvolvimento demonstraram que as teses em EEs desenvolvidas pelos PPGE do estado de SP estão em movimento, o qual pode ser visto com otimismo e cautela, o primeiro advém da aproximação da área com os problemas da educação escolar brasileira, já o segundo, relaciona-se fundamentalmente ao predomínio de estudos descritivos e de pesquisa-ação, que parecem indicar respectivamente, dispersão e não necessariamente a produção do novo, e certa adesão imediatista de caráter acrítico à concepção de inclusão e escola das políticas educacionais praticadas no Brasil.

ABSTRACT: Various researchers have recently been conducted on the discussion about the analysis of scientific production in the area of Brazilian Special Education ("SE") as their primary object of study. However, studies on the characteristics and trends of the theses on SE developed at Education Graduate Programs ("EGP") in São Paulo from 1985 until 2009 are still scarce, if broader contexts are considered. Thus, in an analytical and synthetic exercise over documental and bibliographical sources, and supported by registration forms, we have created a database (Caracter). This database helped us to identify those involved in the education of Doctors of Philosophy in SE at EGPs in São Paulo (advisors, programs, institutions, etc.); the financially supported theses and their respective funding agencies; the most privileged research subjects; the target populations of such studies; their theoretical foundation; the research resources that were used in them; their methodologies; and their epistemological approaches. In summary, the results obtained in this survey and the information systematized throughout its development have shown that the theses in SE developed at EGPs in São Paulo are in progress, which may be seen with both optimism and cautiousness: optimistically as the area is increasingly coming closer to the problems Brazilian school education faces, and with caution because of the prevalence on descriptive and research-action studies, which seem to indicate, respectively, dispersion and not necessarily the production of novelties, and some sort of uncritical adhesion to the concepts of inclusion and school of the educational policies carried out in Brazil.