The use of Collective Subject Discourse as a methodological proposal

Perception of teachers about innovation in education

Abstract

It introduces the perception of teachers about the concept of innovation. From a questionnaire applied to 20 teachers, who, at the time of the research, were master’s or doctoral students, the data were analyzed in the light of the Collective Subject Discourse (CSD). Six categories emerged regarding the concept of innovation: as something new, as improvement of an existing product or process, as a benefit, as a need, and as the use of new technologies; and one regarding their use, named application. For each category, a synthesis speech was generated, representing the collective understanding of innovation in education. The perception of teachers is heterogeneous, but it is in line with different perspectives discussed in literature. CSD is an applicable methodology for qualitative studies and, therefore, it can be used by the field of Education when the intention is to give voice to a group of individuals about a certain topic.