Qualitative research in Education –epistemological and ethical aspects

• Autor(a) principal: Pimenta Freire, Isabel
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Fontenele Macedo, Sheyla Maria
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Pesquisa Qualitativa (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://editora.sepq.org.br/rpq/article/view/400

In this article, we intend to analyze and reflect on the epistemological and ethical frameworks of qualitative research in education. The method is a bibliographic review, and is based on a critical approach to the themes, from outstanding studies in the sphere of discussed knowledge. The concept of qualitative research is clarified, from the conceptions of science of the 20th century to the present day, delimiting it in the main research paradigms that emerged as a counterpoint to the hypothetical-deductive paradigm (phenomenological-interpretative, sociocritical and of complexity). The ethical issue is approached as a structuring dimension of qualitative research, in the Human and Social Sciences, and precisely in the field of education. From the contributions, there are reflections for the development of a critical view of research, based on principles and values ​​that shape the ways of building knowledge in the fields of education.  Keywords: Qualitative research; Education; Paradigms; Ethic.