Juegos tradicionales como estrategia pedagógica para el fomento de la cultura de paz en instituciones de educación primaria.

Abstract

The present research study was carried out with the purpose of promoting traditional games as a pedagogical strategy for the promotion of the culture of peace in the Jaime Garzón educational institution, located in the sixth grade of San José de Cúcuta. The research was based on the postulates of Maestro (2005), Bautista (2008), Bravo (2008), UNESCO (2008), the Declaration and Program of Action on a Culture of Peace (1999), among others. The present study is classified in the quantitative approach, methodologically developed as a descriptive type research, with a non-experimental, cross-field design. The population was represented by the educational institution Jaime Garzón, Pablo Sexto, the study population was constituted by 1 director and 10 teachers from the Pablo Sexto Headquarters of primary school. For the collection of information, an instrument of closed questions was applied, consisting of forty-two (42) items for teachers and management, which were validated by the trial of 3 experts. applying the criteria of descriptive statistics allowing the analysis and discussion by dimensions and indicators. It is concluded that teachers and managers were categorized as moderately developed and developed, determining that within the educational process teachers use traditional games with objects and without objects which take into account their importance to promote a culture of peace, but nevertheless It was evidenced that they perform with infrequent frequency of saying sometimes they put it into practice.