COLECTIVOS DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN LA EDUCACIÓN UNIVERSITARIA

Abstract

The proposal for the construction of Research Collectives arose from the curricular transformation project of the Simon Rodríguez National Experimental University (UNESR), in order to link research with the development of communities. In the present work, these conclusions of the UNESR researchers were interpreted, according to the investigative reality at the José Antonio Páez University (UJAP) and through a critical-documentary investigation. As the UJAP has developed since its creation, its research has also gradually developed. However, when reviewing the research products recently generated in the institution, it was observed that many of the proposals that have arisen as a consequence of the interaction between the faculties and the immediate environment have been wasted. This originated the review of the aims and purposes of the General Directorate of Research and the consequent updating of the research lines of the UJAP, linking them with the policies promoted by national and local world organizations. Considering that the Research Groups are characterized by the articulation of knowledge and by promoting synergistically in the curriculum, teaching, research and extension as a social project, the UJAP accepted this proposal. By categorizing the existing research products, establishing as criteria the strategic lines of the Higher Education Sector Plan and the UJAP, three groups were defined which are being consolidated: distance education, management and community interaction. They define research trends according to social demands