The proposed ideas in this article are due to an educational practice that aims to make the teaching process in the classroom an area of research. The proposed work takes its vantage point from studies of the curriculum component of the Child Education Foundations, which is offered in the fifth semester of the Pedagogy Bachelor program at the University of Bahia / UNEB - Campus XI, Serrinha / BA-Brazil. In this perspective a practical educational experience to recognize the research not only as a scientific principle but also an educational one can be placed as a paradigm of the methodology of teaching and learning. In order for this paradigm to be developed it is essential to consider that research needs prepared questions, which must be based on the argument, reasoning and critical management of the already known. The methodological approach is based on the socio-interactions perspective, with theoretical and fieldwork, using observations and interviews as tools for collecting. The theoretical studies and data collected in the field allowed us to compare, develop hypotheses and organize/systematize the reality studied/investigated. The results highlight the contributions of research experience in the professional growth of the students. As a final result the students present a symposium, and it becomes explicit in their communication the perception that the prime objective of research in the teaching process is to make the students hands-on, productive, constructive working partners.
Research; Teaching; Teaching and learning