Estado del arte de la investigación cualitativa en los trabajos de grado de maestría del Instituto Pedagógico Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa

the research goal was to describe the qualitative research art state of the master？s degree works at the upel-ipb. it was based on a descriptive-like documental research, in which 26 works were the analysis units. the quantitative content analysis, based on the fundamental categories that characterized the research qualitative designs. the information was processed by means of the descriptive statics represented by frequency distributions. the results which were obtained revealed that the qualitative research carried out in the master？s degree works, at the upel-ipb are quasi inductive, which comprehends reality from specific and experience time context. in relation to the speech construction, it is written in third impersonal person, showing the myth that this style of writing gives guarantee of the researcher？s objectivity. the obtained information made the criteria generation possible, which allow directing the design, elaboration, and evaluation of qualitative studies aiming at increasing the researching production quality into the different mastering sub-programs at the upel-ipb. the research is attached to the investigation time ？red de investigación cualitativa en educación？ from the núcleo de investigación, docencia, innovación y tecnología at the upel-ipb.