Abstract

MONTEJO LORENZO, Manuel Narciso; RIVERO RIVERO, Melva Luisa  and  FUENTES MILANES, Damian. The culture and the study of theoretical framework in social sciences. Rev Hum Med [online]. 2018, vol.18, n.2, pp.195-209. ISSN 1727-8120.

The study was aimed at identifying the educational researchers' current practice in constructing theoretical framework. By comparing a sample of articles published in well-established education scientific journals, the authors appraise the update character or references, its correspondence to the research objective, the redundant, developmental or contrasting character of references included the place of culture in the framework construction and the researchers' capacity to figure out salient points and conclusions. The main finding is the identification of current trends in framework construction mainly characterized by a scattering of concepts and theories.

Keywords : Adult continuing education; culture; scientific publication; framework construction.

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