Title
University faculty research training and performance: A case from peru
Date Issued
01 November 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidad Nacional de Educación Enrique Guzmán y Valle
Universidad Tecnológica del Perú
Publisher(s)
Horizon Research Publishing
Abstract
The present study aims to understand faculty research training in private universities in Lima, Peru. The paradigm that guided the study was interpretive, under the reflexive critical approach based on introspection of the experience. The methodology was qualitative, based on the thesis and its contradiction, the antithesis, the synthesis, from Hegel's perspective. The social actors were represented by faculty from Peruvian universities with different selection criteria; sixteen professors were selected as key informants. Data were collected through assertive communication strategies, using participant observation, focus groups, and interviews as techniques. In addition, the study used different research instruments to gather information such as descriptive record sheets, reflection scripts, questionnaires, video recording being key always, as a resource. Data analysis was performed with Atlas TI software using both content analysis and grounded theory. According to the observed dimensions, research has not been promoted as a core element. There is a predominance of doing research from a positivist paradigm, and universities have updated their policies to promote research dissemination with predominance on indexed article publication. The results reveal that there were transcendental changes in research training from the multidimensionality of knowledge. Hence, private universities must promote research training as the backbone of the research work focused on its strategic research plans, where the entire university community can investigate multiple social realities from different epistemic perspectives.
Start page
5053
End page
5060
Volume
8
Issue
11
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Educación general (incluye capacitación, pedadogía)
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85095704105
Source
Universal Journal of Educational Research
ISSN of the container
23323205
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