BARDIN'S METHOD OF CONTENT ANALYSIS IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Abstract

This article presents, briefly, how the content analysis published by Bardin (1977) was organized, in order to exemplify the important steps of this method, which was applied in the research of the master's dissertation of the Graduate Program in Science and Technology Teaching.  The present study was developed with the objective of exemplifying the use of content analysis as a data analysis methodology for beginner researchers. The study contributed to the construction of knowledge, offering an uncomplicated way to perform data analysis in research involving science education. It is expected to demonstrate some of the paths described by the author in her work Content Analysis, so that the reader who is starting to use this proposal can understand the phases, as well as use it in their research.