Estrategias para la enseñanza de la investigación cualitativa en la ciencias de la información

Strategies for teaching qualitative research in information sciences

Abstract

This study addresses the teaching of qualitative research in the field of Information Sciences, with the objective of designing, implementing, and evaluating pedagogical strategies aimed at developing research competencies in students from the School of Library and Archival Studies at the Central University of Venezuela. The proposal is based on a bimethodological and multidimensional approach, combining the hermeneutic method with Action Research. To this end, in-depth interviews were conducted with two professors, along with open-ended surveys administered to six students enrolled in the seminar “Qualitative Research in Information Sciences.” The results revealed a predominance of the quantitative approach in research training, as well as a significant curricular weakness regarding qualitative research. In response to this diagnosis, pedagogical strategies were designed and implemented to promote a holistic view of the research process, enabling participants to initiate studies grounded in approaches such as participatory research, grounded theory, hermeneutic-ethnomethodology, and ethnography. The practices developed fostered the appropriation of qualitative methodology from a multidimensional perspective, allowing for critical reflection on the diversity of research approaches within the field of Information Sciences.