[B Abstract The present article reports the results of a broad investigation developed by a network of researchers, whose main framework was the study of the theme teachers. Since most parts of the Brazilian research is produced within graduate programs, we took the academic production of graduate students in Education as a representative cut of the investigation in the area in order to analyze the method issue. We tried to make the developed methodi - cal approaches explicit, such as positivism, phenomenology, and dialectal materialism. Herein, we have given emphasis to the conceptions, objectives, and methodological proce - dures corresponding to dialectical materialism in dissertations and theses defended in six Graduate Programs in Education, from 2006 to 2009. We deemed as beneficial the self- criticism created by the research to re-direct actions that may develop new alternatives for the challenges concerning the appropriate use of methods with regard to Graduate in Education. There is an incorporation of theoretical perspectives and interlocutions, which may help achieving legitimacy affirmation, not only of the educational area scientific char - acter, but also of evident positive results for the education of teachers.