Towards evidence-based education: a method and a topic
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https://doi.org/10.15658/10.15658/rev.electron.educ.pedagog20.05040606Keywords:
Research method; Educational research; Scientific literature research; Final Project; Systematic review; Final Degree ProjectAbstract
The review of research, when carried out systematically, is a methodology that can be embedded within existing paradigms - qualitative, quantitative or mixed - and aims to generate evidence: a) which reports research continuity in a given line of research, or b) which guides decision-making for the improvement of educational practices and policies. The article focuses on the characteristics, and stages of the methodological process of systematic review applied to a particular educational investigation, in order to illustrate its usefulness as a methodology for obtaining evidence. More precisely, an integrative and mixed method of systematic review is applied to a specific topic - the research on Final Degree Projects (FDP) Or Final Projects- as examples to answer the review question: What data collection and data analysis techniques are researched on FDP or Final Projects in the scientific literature? Both quantitative and qualitative results are presented. As a conclusion, in this research topic, practice and education policy continue to build on prevailing beliefs, and these beliefs do not always have as a basis the results of the research, from which evidence is generated. The limitations relating to the establishment of criteria for evidence calculation are highlighted, as well as the contributions of this methodology on both the research topic chosen as an example and, in general, for scientific advancement in education.
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