DISCUSSING PEDAGOGICAL INTERVENTION RESEARCH-TYPE

Abstract

This paper aims at discussing, from a theoretical and methodological point of view, some problems and some ideas related to intervention-related research in Education. The article begins with a definition of this type of research which, in our group, is called pedagogical intervention research-type and defined as a kind of investigation involving the planning and implementation of interferences (changes, pedagogical innovations) – designed to produce advances, improvements in learning processes of individuals who participate in them – and the subsequent evaluation of the effects of interference. The paper defends the appropriateness of entrusting investigative status to this kind of research, because we believe it capable of producing educational knowledge. Furthermore, the paper discusses the theoretical base of pedagogical interventional research-type, that is, Cultural-Historical Theory of Activity and proposes a roadmap for the reporting it. The work ends with a brief account of a pedagogical intervention research-type conducted by a member of our group.