LA INVESTIGACIóN SOBRE FORMACIóN DOCENTE EN CHILE. TERRITORIOS EXPLORADOS E INEXPLORADOS

Despite the strength shown by the debate about teacher preparation in recent years, research aimed to study the initial and continuing training of teachers is presented as a poorly explored dimension in the national scenario. Which are the research characteristics in this field? This article synthesizes some of the findings of a doctoral research work aimed at setting the features of objects that it problematizes and studies. From 82 summaries of research made between 1996 and 2007, it seems that all the studies of teacher education in Chile explore some items more than others and tend to build one-dimensional problems, that is to say they approach thephenomenon of formation only from one perspective of components.Keyword: research, teacher training, study objects, meta analysis