Methodology for the formation of scientific-research skills, from the Integrative Task

Abstract

The scientific-technical development of professionals is a demand of today's global society. The current Cuban Technical and Professional Education demands the training of workers with scientific-investigative skills to solve socio-labor problems and transform reality. Such is the case of the students of the Technical Intermediate Specialty in Social Work, which entails a high scientific rigor, since they must act as promoters, mobilizers, mediators, facilitators and coordinators of actions that contribute to the solution of social problems. Therefore, this article aimed to propose a methodology that enhances the development of scientific-investigative skills in first-year students of the Technical Intermediate Specialty in Social Work of the Polytechnic Center "Rigoberto Fuentes Pérez", in Pinar del Río. In the research, dialectical and historical materialism was adopted as an investigative approach and philosophical basis, which allowed the use of theoretical methods such as: the historical and logical, the system approach, modeling, analysis and synthesis; empirical methods such as: documentary analysis, interviews, surveys, scientific observation, pedagogical pre-experiment; and the use of descriptive statistics, which revealed a set of shortcomings that demonstrated the need to develop a methodology that enhances the preparation of teachers and managers for the development of scientific-research skills in students from the first academic year, whose dynamic center is the subject Integrating Task. It was found that this is an effective and efficient alternative, which can be extended to other specialties.