Research object and field of action: components of the scientific research design

Authors

  • Julio Leyva Haza University of Medical Sciences of Villa Clara.
  • Yusimí Guerra Véliz "Marta Abreu" Central University of Las Villas. Villa Clara.

Keywords:

research, research design, learning, professional development

Abstract

Introduction: the object and field of action components may seem obvious, but there is a lack of clarity when defining them and at the time of specifying their functioning in a research design.
Objective: to define the research object component and the field of action, taking into account the methodological and epistemological values so as to the function of them in the research design can be evident.
Methods: 22 books related with research methodology and 13 articles, from the SCOPUS, SciELO, Redalyc and Redib where reference is made to the object and field of research, were reviewed. Philosophical positions of the bibliography that have been considered as classics of the subject, were taken as reference. Theoretical analysis of the criteria we found resulted in our definition and proposal.
Development: the precedence of similar concepts is recognized in order to understand and establish the research domain and research object. The methodological value of the structural-functional identity between the object of study of a science and the research object is analyzed, as well as its relationship with the field of research.
Conclusions: a valid logic to introduce the concepts of research object and field of research, goes through: object, object of knowledge, study object of a science and its relations. The research object has structural-functional unity with the science object about which we are researching, but not the field of research.  In the research design this aspects determine the part of what is intended to be investigated.

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Author Biographies

Julio Leyva Haza, University of Medical Sciences of Villa Clara.

Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences. Education Studies Center. Faculty of Early Childhood Education.

Yusimí Guerra Véliz, "Marta Abreu" Central University of Las Villas. Villa Clara.

Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences. Exact Sciences Department. Faculty of Media Education.

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Published

2020-07-01

How to Cite

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Leyva Haza J, Guerra Véliz Y. Research object and field of action: components of the scientific research design. EDUMEC [Internet]. 2020 Jul. 1 [cited 2025 Jun. 30];12(3):241-60. Available from: https://revedumecentro.sld.cu/index.php/edumc/article/view/1488

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 3 (2020)

Section

ARTÍCULO DE REVISIÓN

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