Story about teaching strategies to develop thinking skills and educate in values.

Abstract

Introduction: Today’s society demands integral, critical, reflective citizens capable of generating answers to the problems of a changing and globalized world. Through the use of different teaching strategies, the teacher can contribute to help students, from an early age, to develop the necessary skills to become human beings with the investigative attitude that is required today. Objective: this research was carried out with the purpose of achieving two objectives: to develop thinking skills in school-age children and to educate them in values related to science. Methodology: The research was approached from the perspective of the constructivist paradigm, used a qualitative approach and employed the Action Research method. The teaching practice was qualified based on the systematization, analysis and reflection of the implementation of teaching strategies such as: good questions, conceptual network, laboratory experiments and school research project with young people. Results: they broadened their knowledge on some microbiology topics, improved their handling of scientific language, developed analytical and argumentative skills, progressed in the ability to point out what is essential for an investigation, showed a responsible and critical attitude towards the environment and executed their school research project in which they used a biological controller; all of the above to develop skills, attitudes and scientific thinking that favored the construction of knowledge. Conclusion: It is concluded that, in light of the Research-Action method, the students were able to develop skills such as analysis, synthesis, argumentation, critical sense and responsible attitude towards the environment.