Entretejiendo prácticas de educación popular y formación profesional de estudiantes de pregrado de la universidad Santo Tomás.

Abstract

Popular education is an infinite epistemological field to learn and investigate what is ours, what makes us different. This investigation was carried out in the beautiful fields of the cozy municipality of Cucunubá, Cundinamarca; having as protagonists the ancestral knowledge of the spinning women coupled with the pedagogical practices of the Santo Tomás University. The investigation seeks to collect information on this relationship, by reporting the experiences of spinning women during the development of various activities of the community; as is the case of the preparation of a wheat cuchuco, made with the cereal that they themselves grow; Gathering of the community (families and neighbors) around a campfire to share experiences and own food, accompaniment of the collection and preparation of wool for the production of fabrics such as ruanas, gloves, hats, clothing and crafts. And finally, a tour of Villa de Leyva as a context outside the daily work of spinning women, to listen to their experiences from a different setting. All in order to promote natural, pleasant and comfortable spaces that allow the unfiltered elocution of these female exponents. During the course of these activities, the women reported the pedagogical practice carried out by a Basic undergraduate student with an emphasis on mathematics from the Santo Tomás University in the second semester of 2019, from which the relationships between popular education practices and formal education practices.