Scientific research is vital for student's education, fostering critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and deepening subject knowledge. To assess students' attitudes towards research, the attitude towards research scale was developed (EACIN). This study addresses three gaps regarding this instrument: inconsistent latent structure, lack of…

This research reports on some results of the Initiation FONDECYT Project "Presence and importance of integrating research in teaching education and how it is perceived by students and lecturers". It aims at identifying student-teachers' perceptions about intent to research, research activities conducted by student-teachers as part of…

Despite the benefits that research offers for the development of teaching practice, prospective teachers appear to be reluctant toward research. A variety of predictors of research use have been analyzed and the prospective teachers' conceptions of research appears as one of the most powerful one. This research aims to explore the prospective…