RESEARCH

RESEARCH I

EPISTEMOLOGY
OF RESEARCH

Research pursues the purpose of inquiring about an issue or topic.

TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE

Empirical: It arises from the interaction of human beings with their surroundings.

Scientist: Includes information and proven by analysis and scientific evidence.

Philosopher: It arises from reflections on immaterial and subjective issues.

PARADIGMS

Positivist: Explain, control, predict.

Interpretive: Understand, interpret.

Critical: Emancipate, criticize and identify the potential for change

APPROACHES

Quantitative Approach: Part of the study of numerical data analysis, through statistics, to solve research questions or to refute or verify a hypothesis.

Qualitative Approach: Part of the study of descriptive data collection methods and observations to discursively discover conceptual categories.

Mixed Approach: It consists of the integration of quantitative and qualitative methods, based on the elements that make up the research.

RESEARCH II

RESEARCH OBJECTS

The object of investigation is the space that constitutes the real foundation where the facts are connected. It is where the research question, the problems to be treated and the objectives are developed.

LITERATURE REVIEW

A literary review is a writing that analyzes and discusses generally scientific reports published in an area of knowledge.
Scientific reports can be empirical, theoretical, critical, analytical or methodological.

TYPES OF RESEARCH

The types of research methods according to the nature of the research can be divided into two groups: descriptive and analytical.

Descriptive research generally involves surveys and studies that aim to identify the facts.

In analytical research, facts or information already used are used and analyzed to perform a critical evaluation of the material.

SYSTEMATIZATION OF EXPERIENCE

It is the process of reconstruction and analytical reflection on an experience of action or intervention through which to interpret and understand it. Thus, it contributes to the accumulation of knowledge generated from and for practice.

ACTION RESEARCH

Action research is a form of introspective inquiry by participants in social situations that aims to improve the rationality and justice of their social or educational practices, as well as their understanding of these practices and the situations in which they take place.

CONCEPTUAL REFERENCES

The conceptual references should be constituted in a focused way from the delimitation of some theoretical categories that define the theme raised for the intervention of the project.

RESEARCH III

ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS

Ethical considerations should be applied at all stages of the investigation, from planning and implementation to the evaluation of the research project. Basically, the investigation must follow all the regulations provided as well as anticipate the ethical problems that may arise in the investigation.

DATA COLLECTION METHODS

Data collection is a process of gathering information from all relevant sources to find answers to the research problem, test the hypothesis and evaluate the results.

Quantitative data collection methods: they can be questionnaires with closed questions, correlation and regression methods, mean, mode and median and others.

Qualitative research methods: include interviews, questionnaires with open questions, focus groups, observation, games or role-playing games, case studies.

RESEARCH PROFILE

The importance of the profile is given by the success expected of the research. The success is determined by the subjection to the established deadlines, the application of the indicated instruments and the defined way, as well as a series of internal and external factors that make the investigation.

-Title.
-Identification of the problem.
-Object of study
-Objectives.
-Theoretical and / or conceptual, referential, historical or institutional framework.
-Hypothesis.
-Variables
-Unit (s) of analysis.
-Techniques, sources of information, instruments and procedure.
-Resources.
-Schedule of activities.
-Bibliography.