The collaborative research: Formative effects on educational sciences students' learning

The scientific faculties have developed, for a long time, profitable partnerships of research with the economic and productive world. On the contrary, cooperation and examples of dialogue between humanities and the economical world are really few. This study is concentrated on the students working on their degree on a project of cooperation between humanistic courses and business organizations. The contribute describes inquiry steps and instruments adopted to promote a reflective attitude for the students during the research process and it highlights the effects of the collaborative research on educational sciences students' learning and on their professors, directors of thesis. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.