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DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y POSGRADO
224 Libro Digital Universitario 2014 series of representations including
field notes, interviews, conversa-
tions, photographs, recordings and
students and overcome the challenges they
memos to the self. At this level,
face every day in the classroom.
qualitative research involves an in-
terpretive, naturalistic approach to
Methodology
the world. This means that qualita-
The methodology employed in this study
tive researchers study things in their
is presentedin this section. First, the type
natural settings attempting to make
of research and instruments are introdu-
sense of or interpret, phenomena
ced; then, a description of the participants
is provided and finally, the data collection in terms of the meanings people
procedures and analysis are presented. bring to them. (p. 3).
Research Approach The present study thus has a qualitati-
According to the nature of the objectives ve research approach, since the researcher
stated previously, the approach selected to was in the real world, the world where the
conduct this research is qualitative. Denzin PNIEB teachers work and experience the
and Lincoln (2005) mention that qualitative program, thus allowing the researcher to
research is collect information to analyze the pheno-
menon, in this case, the perspective of the
[…] a situated activity that locates PNIEB teachers in Tuxtla Gutiérrez.
the observer in the world. It con- Phenomenological research is the one
sists of a set of interpretive, mate- that best fits the study.According to Mertens
rial practices that make the world (2010), “phenomenological research seeks
visible. They turn the world into a the individual’s perceptions and meanings
of a phenomenon or experience. The in-
tent is to understand and describe an event
from the point of view of the participants”
(p. 235).
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