School garden as a teaching strategy in the development of significant learning in the area of agriculture

Abstract

The present work is directed to the elaboration of an action plan for the implementation of a school garden as a didactic strategy in the development of Significant Learning in the area of Agriculture in the students of the Escuela Básica Bolivariana GC 8 “Piloncito”. Methodologically, the study was framed in the positivist paradigm, with a quantitative approach, and a non-experimental design, under the feasible project modality, with a type of field research, being the descriptive level. The population consisted of fourteen (14) teachers from the Institution and the sample was 5 teachers. As the data collection technique, direct observation and survey were used; as instruments the closed questionnaire and the notebook. The analysis of the results was carried out using descriptive statistics, by means of a quantitative analysis. As a result, it was found that only 60% of teachers accepted that they sometimes use teaching strategies that encourage their students to be more responsible for their own learning, and 40% do not. Concluding that teachers should encourage the benefit and attention of their students for the progress of critical thinking and make them think about everyday things so that they relate it to their school action and are not satisfied with simply receiving the concepts taught.