The local environment as an object for the study and application of geo–environmental knowledge. A practical experience in Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay

This paper intends to account for the importance of methods for significative learning, for the teaching of geography itself and for the prevention and assistance of concrete socioenvironmental problems. For this purpose, the analysis of a pedagogic experience developed with high-school students is...

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Main Author: Gabriela Ethel Benítez Martínez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2009-01-01
Series:Cuadernos de Geografía: Revista Colombiana de Geografía
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Online Access:https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/rcg/article/view/13002
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spelling doaj-381e26e8d1fa4e83a985af408b2646472020-11-24T20:44:12ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaCuadernos de Geografía: Revista Colombiana de Geografía0121-215X2256-54422009-01-01018354412157The local environment as an object for the study and application of geo–environmental knowledge. A practical experience in Colonia del Sacramento, UruguayGabriela Ethel Benítez Martínez0Centro Regional de Profesores del SuroesteThis paper intends to account for the importance of methods for significative learning, for the teaching of geography itself and for the prevention and assistance of concrete socioenvironmental problems. For this purpose, the analysis of a pedagogic experience developed with high-school students is exposed, regarding the wetlands system located in Colonia del Sacramento city’s coast strip, in Uruguay. The analysis intends to show how the teaching of geography, with a reflective, critic and active approach, favors the development of cognitive abilities in the learners, which results in the formation of responsible, autonomous and critic individuals, capable of giving solutions and making decisions regarding concrete problems like those mentioned above.https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/rcg/article/view/13002aprendizaje significativoestudio de casogeografíadidáctica críticaentorno localsaber geoambiental.
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The local environment as an object for the study and application of geo–environmental knowledge. A practical experience in Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
Cuadernos de Geografía: Revista Colombiana de Geografía
aprendizaje significativo
estudio de caso
geografía
didáctica crítica
entorno local
saber geoambiental.
author_facet Gabriela Ethel Benítez Martínez
author_sort Gabriela Ethel Benítez Martínez
title The local environment as an object for the study and application of geo–environmental knowledge. A practical experience in Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
title_short The local environment as an object for the study and application of geo–environmental knowledge. A practical experience in Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
title_full The local environment as an object for the study and application of geo–environmental knowledge. A practical experience in Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
title_fullStr The local environment as an object for the study and application of geo–environmental knowledge. A practical experience in Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
title_full_unstemmed The local environment as an object for the study and application of geo–environmental knowledge. A practical experience in Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
title_sort local environment as an object for the study and application of geo–environmental knowledge. a practical experience in colonia del sacramento, uruguay
publisher Universidad Nacional de Colombia
series Cuadernos de Geografía: Revista Colombiana de Geografía
issn 0121-215X
2256-5442
publishDate 2009-01-01
description This paper intends to account for the importance of methods for significative learning, for the teaching of geography itself and for the prevention and assistance of concrete socioenvironmental problems. For this purpose, the analysis of a pedagogic experience developed with high-school students is exposed, regarding the wetlands system located in Colonia del Sacramento city’s coast strip, in Uruguay. The analysis intends to show how the teaching of geography, with a reflective, critic and active approach, favors the development of cognitive abilities in the learners, which results in the formation of responsible, autonomous and critic individuals, capable of giving solutions and making decisions regarding concrete problems like those mentioned above.
topic aprendizaje significativo
estudio de caso
geografía
didáctica crítica
entorno local
saber geoambiental.
url https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/rcg/article/view/13002
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