La Literatura Infantil y su incidencia en el desarrollo emocional de los estudiantes de segundo grado del colegio Minuto de Dios Policarpa Salavarrieta

Abstract

The present project of degree dates from a qualitative research carried out in the educational institution Minuto de Dios Policarpa Salavarrieta in the second grade of primary school, with a population that oscillates between 7 and 8 years. In this educational center, learners are shown with aggressive behaviors such as, the use of blows in different parts of the body to intimidate and manipulate their peers, they use vulgar language to communicate, nicknames and derogatory comments that undermine dignity and self-esteem. of those affected. This has a negative impact on the learning process, because being immersed in conflicts, their capacity for attention and concentration are null, making it difficult to participate in class, making commitments and learning itself. For the above, considering that all the factors that direct the student's academic behavior are influenced by contextual variables such as emotional development, of undeniable relevance within the teaching-learning process, it is necessary to stop at the detailed study of it and examine the interferences with the school progress of the child, posing as a line of improvement the children's literature from a sociocultural perspective, which makes it possible to develop in their spaces the exercise of a responsible and meaningful citizenship of their own existence, to build human beings capable of controlling and control of the emotional and affective world, assertive relationships, responsible with respect for oneself and others.