Systematic Reviews and Evidence-Based Education

The development of systematic reviews, as opposed to traditional narrative reviews, represents a very important advance in the systematization of scientific knowledge in the educational field. However, there is a great lack of knowledge in the educational community about what they are and about their role in the context of Evidence-Based Education. This theoretical article describes the stages in conducting systematic reviews with the aim of facilitating and promoting the conduct of systematic reviews in the field of education. . The phases for its correct elaboration include: the formulation of the research problem, a search strategy and selection of the studies, the extraction of data from the selected studies, the analysis and interpretation of data and the publication of the report. Its advantages and limitations in the context of Evidence-Based Education are also discussed and some resources of interest are presented, such as the PRISMA guide (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) and the Campbell Collaboration. The correct conduct of this type of studies and their dissemination is essential within the educational community.