Educational research: from epistemological consistency to Ethical commitment

• Main Author: Severino, Antonio Joaquim
• Publication Date: 2019
• Format: Article
• Language: por; eng; spa
• Source: Revista Ibero-Americana de Estudos em Educação (Online)
• Download full: https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/iberoamericana/article/view/12445
• topic: Scientific research; Educational research epistemology; Ethics in research practice; Ethics in educational research.; Investigación científica; Epistemología de la investigación educativa; Ética en la práctica de la investigación; Ética en la investigación educativa.; Pesquisa científica; Epistemologia da pesquisa educacional; Ética na prática da pesquisa; Ética na pesquisa educacional.

Constructing from a philosophical perspective, the essay explicitly explains the epistemic and ethical requirements that stand as fundamental conditions for the practice of research, defend-ing the equal relevance of these two perspectives in the construction of scientific knowledge in general, and of specific research in the educational field, in particular. Addressing educational research, it argues that, given the nature of education as an intentional practice, as a praxis both in the epistemological and ethical spheres, these demands become even more acute in view of the radical involvement with people's historical existential destiny. Such condition im-poses to the researcher of the educational field accurate epistemological rigor in its investiga-tive procedure and committed ethical sensitivity to the human dignity.