Uso de material concreto de ciencias naturales para generar aprendizaje significativo en estudiantes de 4to EGB de la esc. Rotary Club Machala Moderno, periodo 2021

Abstract

Natural sciences is seen as one of the fundamental areas within basic General education, it allows students to arouse particular interest in the nature that surrounds them and apply a scientific look to the environment that surrounds it, the teacher must provide students with various concrete materials, this provides the student with greater interest in the subject studied, facilitates the understanding of the topics, generating significant learning which makes the student an active entity within the teaching-learning process, not a simple receiver of the educator teaching. The present study was proposed with the objective of determining the incidence of the use of material from the environment in the teaching-learning process of the subject of natural sciences in fourth-year students of the Rotary Club school period 2021, for which the hypothesis that the use of concrete material has a significant impact on the teaching-learning process of the natural sciences subject in fourth-year school students, since it facilitates the acquisition of learning, allowing theory to be linked with practice. To verify or deny that, a quantitative-qualitative methodology is applied with a descriptive approach, with instruments applied to students and teachers to investigate the degree of knowledge about the specific material and its application in students, after perform the analyzes it has been determined that teachers do not use concrete material, so it does not link theory with practice, causing students to have a low level of knowledge. This could be evidenced in the results obtained by the instruments applied to teachers, students and workbooks, since the activities and material do not allow students to reaffirm the knowledge learned, which can only be achieved through praxis. Likewise, to address the issue in greater depth, the conceptualizations, characteristics, recommendations, limitations of each of the variables were analyzed from the perspectives of various authors, which allows a greater understanding of the study carried out and to know the importance of the specific material in the study. area of natural sciences in fourth year students to generate meaningful learning, finally the proposal, conclusions and recommendations for teachers are presented and this improves the problem raised.