Cosmovisión, estrategia y métodos de investigación: opciones teórico-metodológicas en las tesis de maestría del PGCIN-UFSC

Kern, Vinícius M, Andrade, Wemylinn G. F. and Balbis Garcia, Paula Cosmovisión, estrategia y métodos de investigación: opciones teórico-metodológicas en las tesis de maestría del PGCIN-UFSC., 2015 . In VII Encuentro Ibérico EDICIC, Madrid, 16-17 November 2015. [Conference paper]

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English abstract

Information science is interdisciplinary and multiparadigmatic. What is the distribution of theoretical and methodological choices in the area? We did a pilot study in a random sample of 15 of 112 master's theses defended in the Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação (PGCIN) of the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) from the first defense in 2005 until 2014. Each thesis was classified by worldview according Creswell: postpositivism, social constructivism, advocacy-participatory approach, or pragmatism. We took into account the nexus among worldview, general research strategy and techniques and instruments of investigation. For that reason, each thesis was also classified as quantitative, qualitative, or mixed and its research techniques and instruments were registered. The results indicate 8 theses as quantitative and post-positivist, 3 qualitative (2 constructivist and 1 advocacy-participatory), and 4 pragmatic with mixed research strategy. The results, though not statistically representative, expressed epistemological (also ontological) and methodological diversity, compatible with the characteristic diversity of the area of information science.

Spanish abstract

La ciencia de la información es interdisciplinaria y multiparadigmática. ¿Cómo se distribuyen las opciones teóricas y metodológicas en el área? Hicimos un estudio piloto en una muestra aleatoria de 15 de las 112 tesis de maestría defendidas en el Programa de PósGraduação em Ciência da Informação (PGCIN) de la Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) desde la primera defensa en 2005 hasta 2014. Cada tesis fue clasificada por cosmovisión según Creswell: postpositivismo, constructivismo social, abordaje transformativo-participativo o pragmatismo. Fue considerado el nexo entre cosmovisión, estrategia amplia y técnicas e instrumentos de investigación, por eso también cada tesis fue clasificada como cuantitativa, cualitativa o mixta y registrado(s) su(s) técnica(s) e instrumento(s) utilizados. Resultaron 8 tesis clasificadas como cuantitativas-postpositivistas, 3 cualitativas (2 constructivistas y 1 transformativa) y 4 de estrategia mixta y cosmovisión pragmática. El resultado, aunque sin representatividad estadística, expresa diversidad epistemológica (además, ontológica) y metodológica compatible con la diversidad característica del área de la ciencia de la información.

Item type: Conference paper
Keywords: Diseño de la investigación, epistemología, ciencia de la información, teorías en la Ciencia de la Información, metodología de investigación, posgrado, research design, epistemology, information science, theory in information science, research methodology, graduate studies
Subjects: A. Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information.
G. Industry, profession and education. > GH. Education.
Depositing user: Dr. Vinícius M. Kern
Date deposited: 24 Nov 2015 07:50
Last modified: 24 Nov 2015 07:50
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/28356

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