Collective supervision in academic graduate programs: the pioneering work of Dermeval Saviani

Abstract

The collective supervision of dissertations and theses and the organization of researchers in groups and networks are becoming common praxis in graduate programs in education. Based on literature review and interviews, the genesis of collective supervision in the field is examined in this study, which analyzes the history of the pioneering implementation of this supervision strategy by Dermeval Saviani in the Graduate Program in Education at PUC-SP in the late 1970s. The research sought to learn from these groundbreaking experiences in collective supervision and about their contribution to the creation of a culture for research and education for researchers and supervisors in Brazilian graduate studies.