Contribución de la Fotovoz a la investigación de estudio de casos en educación

Abstract

The article is framed at the meta-theoretical level of the Epistemology of Pedagogical Research, in its openness to a methodical plurality that makes possible the justification of the knowledge that really educates. It analyzes, from this context, a linkage of techniques that, coming from the fields of Atropology and Sociology, have originated the photovoice and it makes an inquiry about its incorporation to the educational research of case study. The procedure followed consists of epistemological reflection, documentary methodology and content analysis. The results bring clarity to the existing confusion about the photovoice, as well as its potentialities and limits, the most essential of the latter lies in its epistemology. They also show the low incorporation of this procedure in the case studies in the field of education, making known the specific themes, the uses of this form of research and their main contributions. It concludes with a proposal to extend this photo-elicitation approach through the development of another one framed in the paradigm of participatory research.