Key aspects and phases followed by qualitative research in education

Resumen

The methodology followed in an investigation carried out in the Faculty of Nursing of the Universidad Auto?noma de Quere?taro, Mexico, is presented with the intention of showing the key aspects to consider, as well as exemplifying the phases that follow the design of an educational research inserted in a constructivist paradigm. We will find a description of the way in which five relevant aspects are articulated to be taken into account in the development of this type of research: the paradigm in which the researcher is positioned, the selected research method, the meanings reconstruction procedure; the analysis process and the ethical considerations. The conclusions detail the contributions of the methodological strategy assumed and invite the academic dialogue and debate on the contributions of qualitative research in the field of education.