Linkage: Basic Requirement in any Product of Research in Education

• Main Authors: Yolanda González-de la Torre, José Jiménez-Mora
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica 2012-04-01
• Series: Revista Electronic@ Educare
• Subjects: Articulación; investigación educativa; epistemología; redacción académica; metodología
• Online Access: http://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/EDUCARE/article/view/3728

The scientific production, in the field of education, constantly refers to linkage as a special condition to develop research. However, its meaning and the way to achieve that condition are not always clear, particularly for those who are in a training stage of research in education. Meanwhile, the academic production reviewers consider linkage as a very important aspect and essential characteristic of any research project. This paper suggests that linkage involves an epistemological discussion on the research factors in each one of the research stages, such as the construction of the object of study, the definition of methodology, and the data analysis and interpretation, among the most important stages. Linkage takes shape in a written product showing the results from an orderly construction and communication of thought, according to the rules established in a particular field of knowledge.