THE NEW PROFESSION OF THE EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHER: A METHODOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION

This book aims to contribute to remedy a weakness of many researchers: their methodological training. Starting from a vision that integrates design, observation and analysis, based on researchable questions, it addresses the beginning of a project with the construction of the object of study based on a review of the literature, culminating in the formulation of precise questions or hypotheses. This is followed by a range of research designs, then a set of techniques for obtaining empirical information and, finally, a large number of analysis techniques, presenting in detail the most basic ones, with less amplitude those of medium complexity, and very briefly the advanced ones. An extensive bibliography is referred to in order to go deeper into any topic. Based on his experience, in the conclusion, the author makes recommendations to those who dedicate themselves to training researchers, stressing the importance of always seeking rigor, without getting lost in vain epistemological disputes, in the hope of overcoming the impoverishing dichotomy that opposes the qualitative approach to the quantitative one.