Research as an educational principle in teacher training for teaching in basic education: A study on the perception of Pedagogy students
Rev. Educação e Fronteiras, Dourados, v. 12, n. esp. 1, e023017, 2022. e-ISSN:2237-258X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30612/eduf.v12in.esp.1.17132 12
It should also be part of its everydayness in the political space as an instrument
of access to power, critical levels of social consciousness, technological
mastery in the face of social and natural data, and one's own culture. In
colloquial terms, research is not an isolated, intermittent, or special act but a
processual attitude of investigation in the face of the unknown and the limits
imposed by nature and society. It is part of all practice to avoid becoming an
activist and fanatic. It is part of the information process as an essential tool for
emancipation. It is necessary to have the knowledge and, above all, to become
knowledgeable (DEMO, 2006, p. 16, our translation).
Research practice can be emancipatory as it empowers students to understand the world
and the society they are part of. This enables them to problematize reality and construct their
solutions rather than just memorizing ready-made answers, perpetuating the instructionism
present in basic Brazilian education. Demo (2006) considers research as an educational and
everyday process that offers the opportunity for meaningful and emancipatory learning, capable
of intervening in social reality.
Tozoni Reis (2010), reflecting on the relevance of knowledge, highlights how it can be
both an instrument of liberation and alienation. When a teacher uses research for knowledge
production in the classroom, they promote the autonomy of their students. According to Paulo
Freire (2009, our translation), "Autonomy is the capacity and freedom to construct and
reconstruct what is taught to you." Freire also emphasizes the educator's responsibility, stating
that they must respect the learner's autonomy, identity, and dignity.
Through the statement of Academician 14, we perceive that they understood that "the
idea of research as a scientific and educational principle stems from the knowledge that this
relationship between education and knowledge production can be useful for projects of
domination or emancipation."
Demo (2006, p. 17, our translation) emphasizes that:
Research takes on distinct and challenging contours, beginning with
recognizing that the best knowledge can surpass itself. The emancipatory path
cannot come from external sources, imposed or donated, but must be an
internal conquest, a self-construction, for which it is necessary to utilize all
supporting tools: teachers, educational materials, physical equipment, and
information. Ultimately, it is either a conquest or a domestication.
One of the academics mentions research as a scientific method. They acknowledge its
relevance but exemplify research as presenting investigation results in a scientific paper. "It is
through research that we collect data for an article, a monograph. Researching to acquire
knowledge for writing an article. We have to conduct research, there are various methods"
(ACADEMIC 10, our translation). This leads us to understand that, for them, there is a