Método Waldorf para el desarrollo de la experimentación, ciencias naturales, básica superior, Colegio de Bachillerato Baldomero Nagua, Pasaje, 2023-2024

Abstract

The present research work focuses on the holistic development of children, addressing physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual aspects. Although experimentation is not a central component of the method in the traditional scientific sense, Waldorf education emphasizes learning through experience and active participation. The Waldorf method is proposed as a different way of approaching education, it departs from the traditional and enunciates the student as the producer of their learning, the teacher is the one who guides the process, formulates activities that contribute to the evolution of creativity. Within society, such a way of teaching leads to new conceptions of learning, in addition, it facilitates correct decision making because it trains the student as a critical and analytical being. The purpose of this project is to report the effectiveness of the Waldorf method in the classroom, students not only learn about concepts, but also actively participate in research and discovery through direct experimentation. In this research work, the methodology used is qualitative quantitative, obtained through interviews, surveys and observation guides at an explanatory, descriptive and relational level. The research modality implemented was bibliographic-documentary, since information was obtained from articles in indexed journals. Likewise, it aims to determine the incidence of the use of the Waldorf method in the development of experimentation in Natural Sciences in the high school Baldomero Nagua, Pasaje canton, period 2023-2024. According to the results of interviews and surveys show that teachers would employ the use of work in pairs, so that the student acquires critical thinking, in addition to generating environments of freedom where the student can feel comfortable and maintain a substantial interaction with the teacher, they also state that it is important to know about new methods to improve teaching and learning in students, promoting creativity, They also stated that the benefits that experimentation can provide within the academic process is the achievement of significant learning in students because the child will be able to use the knowledge acquired in their daily life. Similarly, the students were able to state that their teachers do not apply methods in the classroom in the area of Natural Sciences, such as the Montessori Method or the Waldorf Method, and stated that they would like their teacher to apply a method, so that they have motivation and interest in learning. In conclusion, the main problems within the teaching process is the use of traditional methodologies, which do not provide opportunities for students to develop experimentation, so that as a result there is a lack of motivation and poor acquisition of knowledge by students. Therefore, the application of methodologies is essential for quality education, since by implementing the Waldorf method, students have the opportunity to enhance their cognitive skills, in addition to maximizing their analytical capacity and critical and reflective thinking.