Propuesta de ruta turística como estrategia didáctica para el fomento del estudio del patrimonio cultural en instituciones educativas de Machala

Abstract

Ecuador is a country with a vast and unequaled natural and cultural wealth. Tourism are the activities that people perform during their trips and stays in places other than their usual environment for a period of time less than one year, for leisure, business or other purposes can also refer to all the actions that allow the dissemination of customs, traditions and cultural heritage of a region. Cultural heritage is the cultural heritage of the past of a community, maintained until today and transmitted to present generations. [1] The entities that identify and classify certain goods as relevant to the culture of a people, of a region or of all mankind, also ensure the safeguarding and protection of those goods, so that they are duly preserved for future generations and that can be the object of study and source of emotional experiences for all those who use them, enjoy or visit. Cultural Heritage is the set of tangible and intangible assets, which constitute the inheritance of a human group, which emotionally reinforce their sense of community with their own identity and that are perceived by others as characteristic. Cultural Heritage as a product of human creativity is inherited, transmitted, modified and optimized from individual to individual and from generation to generation. To better understand the concept of Cultural Heritage we can sub-classify it, for the purpose of its study and treatment: Tangible or Material Cultural Heritage is made up of movable and immovable property made by the societies of our past. The Intangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage constitutes the intellectual heritage and the meaning that makes a community unique, such as traditions, gastronomy, herbalism, literature, scientific and philosophical theories, religion, rites and music, as well as the behavior patterns that are expressed in techniques, oral history, music and dance. Cultural heritage within society, corresponds to that inherent element that is characterized by identifying its people, through their customs, thinking, traditions, all rooted in their history. In addition, together with its tangible elements, they recognize said territory as a heritage resource transmitted from generation to generation. Many have been sites around the world, considered of great importance for the history of mankind. Thus, organizations have been created in order to promote the care and preservation of these elements, which have been analyzed, allowing the recognition of history, with a logical basis. It is this that, the purpose of the present research work, is to design a tourist route as a strategy to create and incentivize the students of the educational institutions of the city of Machala to know their roots, since the students currently do not know the history, the traditions that are inherent in their culture.Through the methodological instrument such as the interview, it is also sought to achieve at what level of knowledge are the teachers of the different subjects taught in the different schools on cultural heritage or related to them.