Designing Research and Innovative Proposals in Experimental Sciences
Code
V02M066V02206
Study programme
Máster Universitario en Profesorado en Educación Secundaria Obligatoria, Bachillerato, Formación Profesional y Enseñanzas de Idiomas. Especialidad (Vigo): Ciencias Experimentales. Matemáticas y Tecnología
Research methodology is the tool that allows the development of knowledge based on standardized and transversal criteria so that it can be communicated in different fields and disciplines.
Likewise, research is a basic element in the process of educational innovation, and both are mutually reinforced in order to generate knowledge and new proposals to improve the learning process.
Within this framework, the contents of this subject seek to promote in the educator the search for innovative proposals that respond to reality, allowing the improvement of teaching practice through research in the classroom. The bases of this process are found in action-research, which integrates three fundamental roles in the teacher: researcher, observer and educator, with three basic elements:
(1) the commitment to systematically question one's own teaching as a basis for development;
(2) the commitment and skill to study one's own way of teaching;
(3) the interest in questioning and testing theory in practice through the use of these skills.
Finally, another aspect that should be addressed by teachers is the possibilities offered by the use of new information and communication technologies (ICT) as tools in the process of educational innovation and research.
