Collage como estrategia didáctica para desarrollar el pensamiento creativo en estudiantes, cuarto grado, Escuela de Educación Básica Luis Amando Ugarte, Machala, 2023-2024

Abstract

The present research work is focused on the search for renewed information about collage as a didactic strategy, highlighting its versatility as an innovative and interactive strategy in the teaching-learning process that allows students to express their creativity through the combination of various elements such as imagination, curiosity and problem solving skills, the main objective of the degree work is to determine how collage as a didactic strategy affects the development of creative thinking in fourth grade students of the basic education school Luis Amando Ugarte in the period 2023-2024. The research conducted has a field study, with a mixed quali-quantitative approach, that is, information is collected objectively and subjectively, likewise, it highlights the use of techniques and methods, such as: analytical, inductive, deductive and its explanatory, relational and descriptive level, a bibliographic research design was used in which information was sought from articles and indexed journals from 2019 onwards, also various instruments were implemented with their respective technique, such as surveys, interviews and observation guides to obtain reliable results in the research. In the research methodology, the population and sample were taken into consideration, so 3 teachers and 105 students were included, where 3 teachers were interviewed and 105 students of 4th grade A, B and C were surveyed, that is, a probabilistic intentional sampling was applied, with the purpose of collecting clear and precise information, The application of the instruments offers results on the level of creative thinking, which is scarce in the students, likewise, the teachers of the basic education school Luis Amando Ugarte do not usually apply innovative didactic strategies, they only transmit learning through conductive and traditional methodologies. For this reason, once the results were obtained, the elaboration of an intervention proposal is proposed, with the purpose of looking for a possible solution, which is the elaboration of a didactic manual with the topic Cut, paste, innovate: The art of collage in education which is composed of the important aspects of collage, activities in which collage can be applied in the basic areas, it is applied in the application phase with the ERCA methodology taking into consideration the fundamentals of the educational curriculum as the skills, achievement indicator and macro skills to be developed in the fourth grade student. Finally, it is concluded that the application of collage in the teaching-learning process is a significant tool to influence the development of creative thinking and generate optimal competencies that respond to the needs of the 21st century. The application of collage is crucial, since it goes beyond the artistic awakening, it contributes to the development of integrative skills such as strengthening attention, promotes problem solving, awakens intellectual interest and fosters imagination, which allows to potentiate the expression and autonomy of the students