Conceptual and epistemological clarification for research in education, psychology and social sciences

  1. Francisco Reluz Barturén 3
  2. Carlomagno Sancho Noriega 1
  3. Santiago Sevilla-Vallejo 4
  4. Rosa Gonzales Llontop 2
  5. Johanna Elena Santa-Cruz Arévalo 5
  6. River Chávez Santos
  7. Abel Dionicio Ballena de la Cruz 2
  1. 1 Institución Educativa Nacional José Carlo Mariategui
  2. 2 Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruíz Gallo
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    Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruíz Gallo

    Lambayeque, Perú

    ROR https://ror.org/040hbk441

  3. 3 Universidad Señor de Sipán
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    Universidad Señor de Sipán

    Chiclayo, Perú

    ROR https://ror.org/05p4rzq96

  4. 4 Universidad de Sevilla
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    Universidad de Sevilla

    Sevilla, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03yxnpp24

  5. 5 Universidad Nacional de Frontera
Revista:
Journal of Positive Psychology and Wellbeing

ISSN: 2587-0130

Año de publicación: 2021

Volumen: 5

Número: 4

Páginas: 205-217

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Journal of Positive Psychology and Wellbeing

Resumen

The article seeks to clarify the concepts involved in research methodology in education from an epistemological foundation. The method used is semantic and epistemological analysis of the concepts widely used in bibliographic resources on research methodology in social sciences, particularly in education, since it was found that, in the bibliographies on research methodology published in Spanish there is an indistinct use of the main concepts involved in the research process, such as approaches, paradigms, methods and research designs, among others, bringing equivocal understandings, ambiguous meanings and confusing applications of those who do research arising communication complications. It concludes with a proposal for conceptual clarification that allows a comprehensive standardization of the use and meaning of the most commonly used research terms in social science research methodology.