Los juegos tradicionales en la educación física como estrategia para conservar la identidad cultural en el colegio de bachillerato Ismael Pérez Pazmiño

Abstract

The purpose of this research work is to investigate how traditional games can be applied as a teaching strategy to preserve cultural identity in first year high school students. The study of this topic is important because it has been notorious the loss of cultural roots and the appropriation of foreign cultures in students due to the fact that little importance is given to the case. Therefore, the general objective is to analyze and design a pedagogical proposal with the most relevant traditional games to preserve the cultural identity as a teaching strategy directed to the physical education teacher of the Ismael Pérez Pazmiño High School. In order to achieve its fulfillment, the following specific objectives were designated, to characterize the traditional games that contribute to maintain the cultural identity of tenth grade students, through a bibliographic review. Then, to determine the students' learning about the value of culture and diversity obtained through the teaching strategies carried out by the physical education teacher, through the application of a survey oriented to the students. After that, to propose to the physical education teacher the execution of traditional games, through the construction of a pedagogical guide to strengthen the maintenance of the cultural identity of the students of the first year of high school of the Ismael Pérez Pazmiño High School. The data that allowed generating the research were obtained through the mixed approach, using observation and direct interview to the physical education teacher to identify his knowledge about the foreseen problem, likewise, a survey to the students was used to contrast the information obtained from the teacher. The methodology implemented in this research is descriptive, in order to have detailed characteristics of the problem. The method used was analytical, since we chose the literature review as the basis for our research. In order to finally establish the proposal that will provide a solution to the problem identified in the Ismael Pérez Pazmiño High School. In relation to the population, a sample of 220 first year high school students was taken.