RESEARCH FOR EDUCATION – EDUCATION

FOR RESEARCH

Maria Ileana Carcea PhDmicarcea@mail.tuiasi.ro

Director of ID-303 GrantFinanced by: UEFISCSU – CNCSIS (www.edu.ro)

2008

Technical University „Gheorghe Asachi” of Iasi - România Department of Teacher Education and Training

.IASI

What are your expectation from the topic Research for Education – Education for Research?

Questions, problems, ideas:

Optional: Name, professional experience, email.

Definition of Research

Research is a systematic action, organized around a specific question / problem and the probable answer to this.

The outcome of research could be a choice, a decision, a solution, a concept/notion, a principle, sometimes only a well-defined problem or hypothesis, an assumption.

Types of Research

A. ORDINARY RESEARCH - finding solutions to everyday problems by realizing, questioning, informing, choosing, testing etc

B. APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH - programming and design in conceptual professions (engineering,

management, didactics, etc) by documentation, selection of information, adaptation, evaluation.

B’. ORIENTATIVE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH - anticipation, prediction

C. BASIC RESEARCH - professional activity specialized in the discovery of new scientific knowledge by academic studies, definition of problems, hypothesis wording and verification.

The Aims of the Research for Education (RfE)

FI. The ongoing development of the theory of education FI.1 To raise new questions in the educational and interdisciplinary

fields FI.2 To conceptualize the educational experiences

FII. The modernization of the educational praxisFII.1 To redefine the problems in accordance with the social dynamicsFII.2 To renew the curriculum, the syllabus, as a function of the

development of science, culture and social trends.FII.3 To adjust the teaching strategies to the technological

developmentFIII. Solving the problems of the educational fieldFIII.1 To apply the new knowledgeFIII.2 To update the theoretic vocabulary and speechFIII.3 To ensure the intra- and inter-systemic compatibilities

Classes of Researchers in RfE

a) Experts in the educational sciences

b) Teachers and professors with research competences

c) Experts in other fields

d) Individuals and organizations with interests in education - parents, companies, public institutions, media.

Summarizing

A B+B’ C

a F? F? F?

b F? F? F?

c F? F? F?

d F? F? F?

Education for Research (EfR)

• Our interest in education for research stems from:

• The roles of education:- developmental role: helping the individual to adapt to the dominant

values of a civilization- social role: generate human resources capable of social progress

• Social facts and realities:- The weight of conceptual activities increases with social and

technological progress- The definition of the contemporary society as the society of

knowledge- Declared priorities of the European community: the generation,

transmission and the efficient use of the scientific knowledge

The Society of Knowledge

Its characteristic product is knowledge

History:• archaic societies - food, clothes, shelter, tools• ancient societies - philosophy, politics, justice,

military strategies• modern societies - industrial production, culture• postmodern society - the globalization of the

access to information, knowledge

Objectives of the Education for Research (EfR)

• The development of research abilities

• The advanced study of strategies and techniques to communicate the results of research

• The efficient use of scientific knowledge in the context of ethical and sustainable social development

A model for the value transfer between society and individual

Communication

CreativityApplication

Social Individual

Knowledge Management

Knowledge Transfer

Teaching Learning

Communication

Leadership issues in the EfR

• During the stage of basic research

• During the stage of applied research

a) the planning of the curriculum

b) the application process

Results: EXPECTATIONSLEHIGH University, 02/12/2008

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RESULTS ITEMS No.

- Concepts(Def)

- Classifications(with? what? who?)

- Principles(Relations)

- Descriptions(how? why?)

- Explanations(If…)

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Project Team

Researchers• Carmen Catalina IOAN PhD,

psychologist• Magdalena IORGA PhD student in

Ethics, psychologist• Mihaela LUPU PhD student, teacher• Ona ANGHEL PhD student

MANAGEMENT &LEADERSHIP• Gabriel SANDU PhD, engineer,

specialized in didactics

• Tudor STANCIU PhD, engineer, master in Educational Sciences, specialized in didactics