Herramientas digitales para mejorar la enseñanza - aprendizaje de ciencias naturales, quinto grado, Escuela Antonio José de Sucre, 2023-2024

Abstract

Digital tools are important today for an improvement in the teaching and learning process of natural sciences since they offer different alternatives to streamline the educational process and that students can obtain life skills including digital, critical thinking and collaborative work that allow them to later develop without any problem in society, also these allow students during classes to maintain interest in the topics, on the other hand they become an ally of the teacher to facilitate their work in aspects such as monitoring the progress of the classroom, effectiveness of evaluation and adaptation of content. The objective of this study was to determine how beneficial is the use of digital tools for the improvement of the teaching and learning process in the subject of natural sciences in the basic education school Antonio José de Sucre. The methodology applied is at an explanatory, descriptive and relational level, with a bibliographic and fieldwork approach, with a qualitative-quantitative or mixed focus. The techniques used for this research are divided into two techniques, survey and interview, therefore two research instruments were developed, a survey for students and an interview for teachers of the basic education school Antonio José de Sucre, the universe of this research is composed of 68 students of the three parallel fifth grade and their respective teachers. The results obtained reveal that the teachers of this institution do not currently use digital tools in their educational practice, but even so they consider that these can be implemented in the subject of natural sciences since digital tools collaborate in the acquisition of competencies and skills which are pursued in the classroom. It is also determined that the lack of interest on the part of the students in the subject is produced because the activities presented tend to be linked to traditional learning, which, although valuable for structured and responsible learning, needs to be modified and digital tools integrated to have better effects on the student and thus create pleasant learning experiences. Broadly speaking, the use of digital tools within the educational process is essential to make it more dynamic in the eyes of the student and for him/her to participate actively, but also fundamental to reduce the time spent by the teacher in preparing classes and materials, as well as allowing him/her to keep a more specific control of the progress of the classroom, therefore, the adaptation of information becomes a quick and simple process. In summary, the advantages of its use within the educational process contribute to the improvement and transformation of education, thus achieving an efficient process and this will be achieved by the hand of teachers who are willing to make a change and train themselves continuously starting with easy-to-use tools within their budget that are aligned to the curricular content with dynamic activities that awaken the attention of students.