Huerto escolar como elemento dinamizador del proyecto educativo rural en el Colegio Integrado Juan Atalaya.

Abstract

This research is based on the study of how to strengthen the environmental project of the Colegio Integrado Juan Atalaya, Cúcuta 75. Because it is presumed that the project is not developed with the importance it needs, becoming evident in the lack of culture that the students present by not taking care of the environment and the natural surroundings offered by the institution. For this reason, the objective is to promote the school vegetable garden as a dynamic element of the rural educational project in the students of the 5th grade of the Juan Atalaya Integrated School, Cúcuta 75, Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, Colombia. Providing the institution with an orienting guide where the school garden is implemented as a pedagogical strategy that strengthens the environmental educational project and at the same time the academic process of the students while promoting environmental awareness. The theoretical framework is made up of the variables: school vegetable garden and rural educational project, where the subcategories and attributes of each variable are defined. Methodologically, a descriptive qualitative research approach will be used, based on the action research method. The techniques to be used are the interview and observation, the instruments will be the semi-structured interview for the teachers and the field diary for the students. The key informants will be 35 students belonging to 5th grade of elementary school and with the support of 4 teachers of mathematics, social studies, biology and ethics and values. They will work on the pedagogical proposal "sowing today for a better tomorrow" in a cross-cutting manner in each of the aforementioned subjects.