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Revista mexicana de investigación educativa

versión impresa ISSN 1405-6666

RMIE vol.11 no.30 Ciudad de México jul./sep. 2006

 

Sección temática

La mirada de los especialistas. Autor invitado

La investigación sobre enseñanza de las ciencias: un requisito imprescindible para mejorar la práctica educativa

Reinders Duit* 

Traducción:

Laurette Godinas

* Profesor del IPN-Leibniz-Institute for Science Education, Olshausenstraße 62, Zimmer 224, D-24098 Kiel, Alemania. CE: duit@ipn.uni-kiel.de.


Resumen

Presentamos una concepción de la enseñanza de las ciencias que sirva para mejorar la práctica en el aula y los programas destinados a la formación de profesores; parte de un modelo de reconstrucción educativa que sostiene que los temas de interés relacionados con las ciencias como materia, por un lado, y las necesidades y capacidades de aprendizaje de los estudiantes, por el otro, deben recibir la misma atención al intentar desarrollar un enfoque de mejoramiento cualitativo. Además, las actividades de investigación y de desarrollo deben estar estrechamente vinculadas. Se ha afirmado que tal marco de referencia para la investigación en enseñanza de las ciencias es un prerrequisito insoslayable para mejorar la práctica institucional y, de ahí, para el progreso ulterior de la bibliografía científica.

Palabras clave: enseñanza de las ciencias; investigación; práctica educativa; alumnos; profesores

Abstract

We present a conception of science education that serves to improve classroom teaching and teacher training programs. It is based on a model of educational reconstruction that sustains that topics of interest related to the subject of science, on one hand, and students’ needs and abilities to learn, on the other hand, must receive equal attention in any attempt to develop a focus of qualitative improvement. In addition, research and development activities must be closely linked. The affirmation is made that such a frame of reference for researching science education is an unavoidable prerequisite for improving institutional practice, and thus the ulterior progress of scientific bibliography.

Key words: science education; research; educational practice; students; teachers

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