Appropriations of Artificial Intelligence in Hybrid Academic Writing in Graduate Education: Silencings, Tensions, Resistances, and Admissibilities
Artificial Intelligence; Academic and Scientific Integrity; Hybrid Text; Authorship; Graduate Education.
This thesis aimed to analyze the perceptions of master’s and doctoral students, as well as supervisors in Graduate Programs in Education, regarding the appropriation of generative artificial intelligence in both the process and the product of hybrid texts in dissertations and theses, considering prospective scenarios and academic integrity. It is an exploratory and descriptive research, with a qualitative approach, grounded in Content Analysis (Bardin, 2011) and data triangulation (Triviños, 1987), carried out through semi-structured interviews with 24 participants, equally distributed between graduate students and faculty members from two Brazilian public universities. The perceptions were organized into three axes: (1) appropriations of generative AI from the research proposal to the qualification stage; (2) the hybrid text in research and the tasks that can be delegated in different stages of academic writing; and (3) the artisanal text and the hybrid text and their differentiated prestige in the production of knowledge in Education. The results indicated that the admissibility of using AI is situated, varying according to the writing stage, methodological conception, and mastery of the tool. A silencing regarding its use was identified, associated with a symbolic surveillance environment, and it was found that acceptance is more frequent in technical and mechanical tasks, while the conclusion is seen as an intransferable space of authorship. The study advocates the creation of clear institutional policies, the inclusion of critical training, and the promotion of ethical pedagogical practices to ensure academic and scientific integrity in graduate education, strengthening institutional frameworks and broadening the ethical debate in the educational field.using AI is situated, varying according to the writing stage, methodological conception, and mastery of the tool. A silencing regarding its use was identified, associated with a symbolic surveillance environment, and it was found that acceptance is more frequent in technical and mechanical tasks, while the conclusion is seen as an intransferable space of authorship. The study advocates the creation of clear institutional policies, the inclusion of critical training, and the promotion of ethical pedagogical practices to ensure academic and scientific integrity in graduate education, strengthening institutional frameworks and broadening the ethical debate in the educational field.