The pedagogical research project - an essential tool for the development of research competencies in the field of education
The pedagogical research project - an essential tool for the development of research competencies in the field of education

Summary/Abstract: The formation of the competencies necessary in the field of educational research implies both the acquisition of knowledge regarding this field and the specifics of the researches carried out here, as well as the capacities, the abilitiesto design different researches, on various topics, present and of interest, to carry them out, to monitor all the actions aimedat achieving the proposed finalities, validating hypotheses, finalizing the research undertaken, disseminating the results,capitalizing on them. To these, we add the development of an appropriate attitude, keeping to the principles of scientificethics.We consider the design phase to be particularly important for the success of it. The instrument that materializes the designactivity of the research, the research project represents a unitary, coherent and logical structure of all the steps and actionsthat will be undertaken.The present study aims to analyze the importance of this tool in the initial teacher training process, where training in thefield of educational research has to occupy an important place. We used two research methods: the questionnaire surveyand the analysis of the product activity. The sample of subjects was made up of 83 MA students from the Faculty ofLetters, which also run in parallel with the Masters Program, the Psycho-pedagogical Training Program, level II and,within it, the Methodology of Educational Research discipline.The results obtained from the investigation confirmed the value of the pedagogical research project in the formation ofthe researcher's competencies of the future teacher students.

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