Organizadores gráficos como herramientas visuales para la enseñanza de ciencias sociales, en estudiantes de cuarto grado, Unidad Educativa Ciudad de Machala, periodo 2022-2023

Abstract

The present research work entitled Graphic organizers as didactic tools for teaching Social Sciences, fourth grade students E.G.B, Ciudad de Machala Educational Unit, of the City of Machala, during the school year 2022 - 2023. It is a work, in which the authors applied the quantitative-qualitative methodology, where data was collected from teachers and students to determine the importance of the implementation of this didactic tool within the teaching process in the area of Social Sciences. The first to collect the characteristics and essential qualities of our study objective, as well as experiences and opinions on the part of our study subject; teachers and students. The second methodology was used to quantify the data collected during the research process, through its respective tabulation. It was evidenced that teachers are unaware of innovative graphic organizers that they can use in their classes, making classes monotonous and students not showing interest in learning the theme developed. Coming to the conclusion that teachers must be in constant training and innovation to improve their job performance and build significant learning, on the other hand, pointing out that, by working with active tools, students will have fun learning and reflect good academic results. Based on the established conclusions, several recommendations are proposed to help improve the educational process, after that, the proposal is born that consists of the elaboration of a didactic manual that includes a variety of graphic organizers, types and strategies for their implementation. For its elaboration, in the first instance, the resources used by the teacher in the classroom are identified and analyzed, followed by this, the theme established for the research process was determined. For this reason it is important to know and apply the most active and interactive graphic organizers, with the aim of making the class more dynamic. To conclude, it is necessary to highlight that the proposal was prepared with the objective of transforming the teaching-learning process, providing the entire student community with a quality and warm education.