Pedagogical Research From The Future Teachers’ Perspective: Between Quantity And Quality

The material we present proposes a brief review of the pedagogical research methodology, advocating, in the case of the students preparing to become teachers and familiarizing with this aspect, for the action research. By the way of constructing the article we wanted to emphasize the complementarity between the quantitative and the qualitative approach and, from the point of view of the results of our micro-research, we were able to find out what the methodological preferences of the beginner students are, if they practice designing certain studies. As a consequence we have identified a definite correlation between the students’ specialization and the choice of the research approach. The most accessible method for them was the observation, and the less used is the biographical method. We conclude that, from the perspective of the future teachers, accomplishing the research is a constructive activity, and this is determined by the correct understanding of the specificity of the educational field and the role that the pedagogical research has.