Vol. 4 No. 1 (2018): Enero-diciembre
D) Currículum, conocimientos y prácticas educativas

The use of environmental mapping as a strategy to identify alternative ways of thinking about the concept of ecosystem

Mónica Medina Rúa
Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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Mariana Muñoz Betancur
Facultad de Educación de la Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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Recie 4-1

Published 2018-09-20

Keywords

  • Project based learning,
  • meaningful learning,
  • cartography
  • Aprendizaje basado en proyectos,
  • aprendizaje significativo,
  • cartografía

How to Cite

Medina Rúa, M., & Muñoz Betancur, M. (2018). The use of environmental mapping as a strategy to identify alternative ways of thinking about the concept of ecosystem. RECIE. Revista Electrónica Científica De Investigación Educativa, 4(1), 311-326. Retrieved from https://rediech.org/ojs/2017/index.php/recie/article/view/286

Abstract

This paper are presented the current developments of an undergraduate dissertation about the learning of the ecosystem concept, using the pedagogic strategy of Learning based on projects (PBL) by students of the Institución Educativa La Huerta, Medellín, Colombia. This report presents student alternative conceptions which were discovered from the use of environmental cartography. The research was done with 35 students from the seventh grade, from which 3 case studies were taken for the analysis of the information by the study of interpretative case methodology. Some of the results obtained during this initial phase are related to the categories of biotope-biotic and the spatial position which are going to be described throughout the present article.