Etnobotánica en el aula : mecanismo de fortalecimiento de la competencia entorno vivo dentro de los componentes de las ciencias naturales en niños y niñas de primaria de dos instituciones educativas

Abstract

Colombia possesses one of the greatest wealth in biodiversity in the whole planet, which is why it is necessary that from the classrooms principles of ecological and cultural conservation be promoted. The rural educational contexts that we present have a great natural wealth and at the same time the demotivation of the students is observed by the learning of the natural sciences, often reflected in the low academic performance in the test carried out both inside and outside from the country.

The main objective was to interpret how ethnobotanical knowledge can strengthen the competence of the living environment in the teaching and learning of natural sciences in children from first to third grade of primary education of the two educational institutions, for the reach of this specific objectives are proposed, such as the application of a diagnostic test to determine prior knowledge, the exploration of ethnobotanical knowledge with specific competences of the living environment and the comparison of knowledge of the two contexts.

This work is supported by a qualitative approach with application of educational action research method to be generated from classroom problems.

Finally, the advantages of using ethnobotany as a teaching and learning mechanism of the natural sciences are presented.