We present some preliminary results of a survey carried out in the form of an inter-institutional network within the project Monitoring of Education/CAPES, including groups linked to universities in three Brazilian states, on the theme of Quality Science Education. The methodological core of the research involved conducting Focus Groups with high school science teachers to discuss issues related to the theme in each of the universities participating in the project and whose data produced by the respective groups have been analyzed. Furthermore, we discuss how the students involved in the project responded by creating a unique, horizontal situation, in which they live with teacherresearchers and undertake different investigatory strategies in a scenario of continuous reflection and knowledge construction.