Vol. 20 No. 57 (2020): CHALLENGES AND TRENDS IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH CURRENTLY

The Varela Journal (http://revistavarela.uclv.edu.cu) published by the Faculty of Early Childhood Education of the Central University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas (UCLV), in its desire to disseminate scientific productions derived from research and Innovations with a pedagogical profile, presents its number 57 (Sep-Dec 2020), dedicated to the 20 years of the Center for Education Studies "Gaspar Jorge García Galló" of the UCLV, which addresses the topic:

CHALLENGES AND TRENDS IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH CURRENTLY

The accelerated development of science and technology in the current era, especially the advances in Information and Communication Technologies, have had a strong impact on scientific research, which has revolutionized all phases of this process. In particular, in the field of educational research, in recent decades new epistemologies and research approaches have emerged, which take advantage of the potentialities that technologies offer to project in greater depth the knowledge about the educational reality in the investigated context, analyze the causes of the phenomena and propose criteria and ideas for their continuous improvement.
The purpose of educational research is to offer solutions to problems in the educational context, and to contribute to the advancement of pedagogical knowledge; This implies substantial changes in the way of conceiving, organizing and executing it, to assume it as a complex and methodologically demanding task. Based on the ideas expressed, this number is offered in which contributions are presented that from different perspectives deal with the ideas raised related to educational research in the current era.
In this installment, collaborations of professor-researchers from the Cesar Vallejo, the Tecnológica del Perú and the Norbert Wiener universities in Lima, Peru, the Zaragoza and the Rey Juan Carlos universities, both in Spain, as well as from the Ministry of Education are shown. Jalisco. Mexico. The publication also has contributions from Cuban authors from the Central Institute of Pedagogical Sciences (ICCP) of Havana, as well as from professors from the Center for the Study of Education of the UCLV.
Finally, the authors of the articles presented are thanked for the contributions made to this issue of the journal, hoping that the dissemination of the ideas expressed may favor the development of future research and innovative experiences in the educational field.

Published: 01-09-2020