On research methodology in educational contexts : foundational reviews and methodological orientations for junior researchers

Abstract EN

In the broadest sense of the word, research is a systematic process undertaken to gain plausible solutions to problems or to discover and interpret new facts for the advancement of knowledge.

for highly informed and principled decisions to be made, researchers must be cognizant of the sound philosophical underpinnings from which the corresponding methodologies and methods of their study operate.

for the sake of offering methodological orientations for beginner researchers, this article provides a theoretical framework that introduces and analyses the tightly interwoven and mutually informative rudiments that frame what is methodologically known as educational research.

this encompasses the different research paradigms, approaches, designs, data collection methods, data analysis procedures, and sampling techniques that are most commonly adopted in the academic arena.