Place-Based Learning (PBL) and the use of everyday experience: review of a didactic proposal for fieldwork to learn Geography

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15359/rp.27.5

Keywords:

environmental perception, field work, Education, Geography learning, Place-based learning, Social Studies

Abstract

With the purpose of strengthening the development of geographic skills in students, the design and application of the strategy "Active Pause: Let's read the space!" follow the guide of the Place-Based Learning (PBL) theory. The strategy proposes to validate the relationships that the students have built with their immediate environment and transfer them to the academic learning scenario, thus recognizing an opportunity to evaluate the understanding of the curricular contents reviewed during the class and to position the students as agents of construction and transformation of their territoriality. The proposal identified a student role that make them active and necessary, and a teaching role of guidance and accompaniment, where formative evaluation takes special prominence in a scenario of undeniable curricular flexibility, understanding that spatial readings are made from the autonomy and immediate experience of the students.

Author Biography

Daniela Retana Quirós, Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR), Sede Rodrigo Facio, Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica

Costarricense. Máster en Educación con énfasis en Docencia Universitaria por la Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR), Sede Rodrigo Facio, Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica. Docente e investigadora en la Escuela de Geografía de la Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR), Sede Rodrigo Facio, Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica. Correo electrónico: daniela.retanaquiros@ucr.ac.cr ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6206-5278

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Published

2023-07-01

How to Cite

Place-Based Learning (PBL) and the use of everyday experience: review of a didactic proposal for fieldwork to learn Geography. (2023). Perspectivas, 27, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.15359/rp.27.5

How to Cite

Place-Based Learning (PBL) and the use of everyday experience: review of a didactic proposal for fieldwork to learn Geography. (2023). Perspectivas, 27, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.15359/rp.27.5

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