Gamificación y recursos del medio para la enseñanza de estudios sociales en la Escuela Fabián Espinoza, Cantón Santa Rosa; 2021-2022

Abstract

Currently, society is immersed in technology, which has empowered the educational field, due to the new mode of study that it offers, therefore it is necessary that educators have knowledge of how to incorporate gamification as part of the classroom context, however, education should not forget the presentiality and the way in which didactic resources favor teaching, that is, the new era challenges teachers to be able to offer the new demands of study. The present work focuses on addressing important topics that currently benefit the teaching-learning process, for this reason, we have exposed the following topic Gamification and media resources for teaching social studies at Fabian Espinoza school, Santa Rosa canton, 2021-2022, in order to provide new knowledge through the construction of a didactic guide that will benefit the teacher and students of fourth grade of general basic education. Therefore, the methodology used in the research is qualitative-quantitative with a descriptive and explanatory level, the same that guides the work in conjunction with the comparative, analytical, deductive and inductive method, allowing a broader and clearer approach to the collection of information, as well as the techniques and instruments which are tools to investigate and deepen the previously identified problem, through a bibliographic approach to support our theme. Likewise, the search for information allows us to deepen in the problem on which our research is focused such as the scarce use of gamification and didactic resources as a means to promote knowledge in students, besides contributing to the work of teachers and the acquisition of digital skills and manipulable materials, the same that are fundamental in this new era, which lead the different modalities of study that is currently provided in educational institutions. Consequently, the construction of a didactic guide is proposed where the use of gamified platforms and didactic resources as innovative means of intervention to the analyzed problem is covered, therefore, curricular contents of the subject of social studies have been taken, where teachers can learn the steps to carry out the topics in an interactive and participatory way, considering that the proposal is feasible for the educational field without the need to demand excessive expenses for its implementation, in addition to being supported by the regulations of the Organic Law of Intercultural Education where it states that technology promotes teaching-learning. In short, through this research work and its applicability in the educational field, teachers have the necessary resources to interact with students through the use of gamification and innovative resources. In addition, it should be noted that professionals can enhance their capabilities and digital skills to improve their job performance, and guide students to experience new teaching-learning scenarios, which contribute to the accumulation of knowledge.