Las aventuras STEM de brócoli de la Mancha de las Quintas Cuartas Colinas: Explorando el pensamiento computacional y las habilidades digitales tempranas en primaria.

Abstract

This research project is conducted at Colegio Técnico San Cristóbal Sur sede B, located in Bogotá, in the fourth district of San Cristóbal, with a purposive sample of 14 second-grade boys and girls, and emerges from identifying a significant gap in early access to STEM experiences that limits the development of digital competencies from the first years of schooling. Its central purpose is to design and evaluate a pedagogical strategy mediated by the beloved character "Brócoli de la Mancha de las Quintas Cuartas Colinas", aimed at fostering the development of computational thinking and early digital skills in students, through a transdisciplinary, playful and deeply equity-driven approach. Under Elliott's Educational Action Research methodology, the investigation recognizes the teacher as a reflective researcher of their own practice and was developed in articulated cycles that included an initial diagnosis through a logical challenge instrument, the design of a playful and transdisciplinary strategy, an intensive pilot test mediated by an interactive digital resource developed in Python, and finally a critical analysis of the experience through systematic observation and reflection. The results of the pilot test demonstrate that narrative and gamification are not simply decorative resources, but the foundation that opens real doors to computational thinking when presented with clear purpose and from an equity perspective. This proposal is consolidated as a roadmap for digital innovation, aligned with the school's Institutional Educational Project, the student profile and the guidelines of the Ministry of National Education, providing a reflective basis for transforming future pedagogical practices and enhancing digital innovation processes from the earliest years of schooling.