CONCEPTUAL AND EPISTEMOLOGICAL CLARIFICATION FOR EDUCATION RESEARCH
Francisco Reluz Barturén
Señor de Sipan University S.A.C. -Peru, rbarturenf@crece.uss.edu.pe
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8951-1143
Charlemagne Sancho Noriega
Pedro Ruiz Gallo National University-Peru, csancho@unprg.edu.pe
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6828-675X
Santiago Sevilla-Vallejo
University of Salamanca, santiagosevilla@usal.es
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9017-4949
Rosa Gonzales Llontop
Pedro Ruiz Gallo National University-Peru, rgonzalesl@unprg.edu.pe
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7516-8022
Johanna E lenaSanta-Cruz Arevalo
National Frontier University-Peru, jsantacruz@unf.edu.pe
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0213-5534
River Chávez Santos
National University Toribio Rodriguez de Mendoza-Peru, river.chavez@untrm.edu.pe
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7946-2846
Abel Dionicio Ballena de la Cruz
7Pedro Ruiz Gallo National University-Peru, aballenad@unprg.edu.pe
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2116-295X
Abstract
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.
Keywords: Research Methodology, History of Educational Research, Research Epistemology, Scientific Method, Semantic Analysis.