SIGNIFICANT LEARNING IN TRAINING IN AND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH: A CHALLENGE FOR PROFESSORS AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTSRESUMENEn el presente artículo se hace referencia a las limitaciones que en la actualidad se presentan con relación a lograr un proceso de formación de profesionales en y para la investigación científica, a pesar de la significación, que cada día adquieren las competencias investigativas, declaradas como aspiración en el diseño curricular de las más disímiles carreras. En tal sentido, se demuestra la importancia de lograr un aprendizaje significativo de esta materia, que enfatiza en la necesidad de considerar no solo la actividad cognitiva sino también la afectivo motivacional y desde estos presupuestos teóricos se ofrecen algunas sugerencias metodológicas que implican la labor tanto de los estudiantes como de los docentes.PALABRAS CLAVE: formación; investigación; competencias investigativas; aprendizaje significativo; motivación.ABSTRACTIn this article, reference is made to the limitations that currently exist in relation to achieving a process of training professionals in and for scientific research, despite the significance, which each day acquire the investigative competences, declared as aspiration in the curricular design of the most dissimilar careers. In this sense, it demonstrates the importance of achieving a significant learning of this subject, which emphasizes the need to consider not only the cognitive activity but also the affective motivational and from these theoretical assumptions some methodological suggestions are offered that involve the work of both the students as well as the teachers.KEYWORDS: training; research; research skills; meaningful learning; motivation.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.