Formación en Investigación: una Necesidad en los Espacios Universitarios Colombianos

Abstract

The objective of the study was to analyze pedagogical contributions to research training in the Bachelor's Program in Primary Basic Education in the context of the University Pedagogical and Technological of Colombia, for which the pedagogical practices of teachers were identified, the pedagogical contributions were recognized to research training, from the experiences of teachers and students, and research training needs were identified to guide future proposals for pedagogical guidelines for research training. Oriented from the post positivist, constructivist and interpretive paradigm, from the case study and phenomenology method; The informants were selected at random according to intentional criteria, 12 teachers and 12 students, to whom an interview script validated by the circle of thesis students and other experts was applied. The inductive analysis process supported by Grounded Theory determined the emergence of two categories: Research training and Training and development of investigative skills. The results reveal that teachers point out valuable contributions to the research training process such as establishing the link between research and teacher training, strengthening the conceptual theoretical support that underlies the development of a research process, as well as establishing the relationship research-practice as a way to improve praxis. The students, for their part, point out as a weakness the emphasis on the formal structures of presentation of the reports, leaving aside essential aspects for the formation of the research product. This determines gaps in the analysis and interpretation procedures, as well as weaknesses derived from the lack of depth in aspects related to Inferential Statistics and the lack of knowledge about the procedures associated with validity and reliability. It is concluded that it is necessary to generate an institutional climate that fosters a research culture and repositions this activity with the right value it occupies in the training of future teachers.