The aim of the research is to promote a reflection on research methodologies to innovate school contexts, focusing on researchers’ approaches and representations. The study focuses on the perspective of the researchers in the pedagogical field within the SIPED group “Teacher Professionalism: Research and Educational Innovation”. Adopting a qualitative approach, two types of analyses were conducted on 9 research projects aimed at promoting educational innovation: content analysis and lexical analysis. The initial results showed that educational innovation is expressed in terms that denote transformation, involvement, and inclusion, while research activities centered on innovation unfold in the promotion of learning, development of skills, modification of practices and attitudes, and the sharing of information and results. At least two recurring methodological approaches are identifiable: the classical experimental paradigm and the Teacher Professional Development Research. From the analyzed projects, the teachers’ willingness to actively participate in the projects conducted by researchers in their schools emerges. In this regard, several questions arise, prompting a need for further exploration: concerning the relationship between theory and practice, there is a question of whether educational innovation concerns pedagogical sciences and the theoretical-methodological approach of the researcher, or the practices of teachers. Regarding evaluation, the issue is how to assess the formative dimension of innovative research on teacher professionalism and, more generally, how to determine what is innovative not only from the standpoint of theory and practical application but also in terms of institutional reforms.
Il contributo intende avviare una riflessione sulle metodologie di ricerca per innovare i contesti scolastici, mettendo a fuoco approcci e rappresentazioni dei ricercatori. Oggetto dello studio è la prospettiva dei ricercatori di area pedagogica del gruppo SIPED “Professionalità insegnante: ricerca e innovazione didattica”. Adottando un approccio qualitativo, sono state condotte due tipologie di analisi sulle descrizioni di 9 progetti di ricerca, volti a promuovere forme di innovazione didattica: analisi del contenuto e analisi lessicale. I primi risultati mostrano che l’innovazione didattica è espressa in termini che designano trasformazione, coinvolgimento e inclusione, mentre le attività di ricerca centrate sull’innovazione si sviluppano nell’ambito della promozione degli apprendimenti, dello sviluppo delle competenze, della modifica di pratiche e atteggiamenti, della condivisione di informazioni e risultati. Almeno due gli approcci metodologici ricorrenti, riconducibili al paradigma classico sperimentale e al paradigma della ricerca-formazione. Dai progetti analizzati emerge la disponibilità degli insegnanti a partecipare attivamente alle varie fasi dei progetti che i ricercatori svolgono con le loro scuole. A questo proposito, si aprono alcune questioni sulle quali si ritiene opportuno un futuro approfondimento: in merito al rapporto tra teoria e pratica, ci si chiede se l’innovazione didattica riguardi le scienze pedagogiche, ossia l’approccio teorico metodologico del ricercatore, oppure le pratiche degli insegnanti. Rispetto alla valutazione, la questione è come valutare la dimensione formativa di una ricerca innovativa sulla professionalità dell’insegnante e, in termini più generali, come stabilire cosa è innovativo non solo dal punto di vista della teoria e dell’applicazione pratica, ma anche delle riforme istituzionali.
La prospettiva dei ricercatori sull’innovazione scolastica: questioni aperte sulla rilevanza della ricerca / Balconi, Barbara; Angelini, Cinzia; Sposetti, Patrizia; Zecca, Luisa. - (2024), pp. 12-20.
La prospettiva dei ricercatori sull’innovazione scolastica: questioni aperte sulla rilevanza della ricerca
Cinzia Angelini;Patrizia Sposetti;
2024
Abstract
The aim of the research is to promote a reflection on research methodologies to innovate school contexts, focusing on researchers’ approaches and representations. The study focuses on the perspective of the researchers in the pedagogical field within the SIPED group “Teacher Professionalism: Research and Educational Innovation”. Adopting a qualitative approach, two types of analyses were conducted on 9 research projects aimed at promoting educational innovation: content analysis and lexical analysis. The initial results showed that educational innovation is expressed in terms that denote transformation, involvement, and inclusion, while research activities centered on innovation unfold in the promotion of learning, development of skills, modification of practices and attitudes, and the sharing of information and results. At least two recurring methodological approaches are identifiable: the classical experimental paradigm and the Teacher Professional Development Research. From the analyzed projects, the teachers’ willingness to actively participate in the projects conducted by researchers in their schools emerges. In this regard, several questions arise, prompting a need for further exploration: concerning the relationship between theory and practice, there is a question of whether educational innovation concerns pedagogical sciences and the theoretical-methodological approach of the researcher, or the practices of teachers. Regarding evaluation, the issue is how to assess the formative dimension of innovative research on teacher professionalism and, more generally, how to determine what is innovative not only from the standpoint of theory and practical application but also in terms of institutional reforms.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.