Entorno natural como didáctica para la enseñanza de las competencias específicas en ciencias naturales

Abstract

The teaching of natural sciences in secondary school implies both technical knowledge and understanding of the need that citizens have to be responsible agents from a sustainable development perspective, attending to their current and future needs, as indicated by the efforts that are conducted globally from the program for the environment of the United Nations Organization (UNEP), that impact the in the public policies of nations. This research work, whose purpose is to design a didactic sequence for the development of specific competences of natural sciences in ninth grade students of the Educational Institution of Aguas Blancas, shows how to articulate these sequences with the natural environment and the daily life of students, to contextualize teaching and make learning more meaningful, leaving aside the single transmission of content through textbooks. With the use of a qualitative methodology that allows us to understand in depth the studied phenomenon, in this case the teaching practice in relation to the teaching of the specific competences of the subject, such as the explanation of natural phenomena, the use of scientific knowledge, the inquiry and teamwork. This research showed the relevance and relationship between the didactic sequence, the natural environment and the specific competences of the area for the teaching of the natural sciences in a contextualized way where students learn from their immediate environment differently and teachers have a punctual and practical reference from their specific task.