El aprendizaje cooperativo en el desarrollo de las competencias ciudadanas y habilidades sociales para el mejoramiento de las relaciones interpersonales de los estudiantes del grado Tercero “C”.

Abstract

This research was conducted to comply with the objective of strengthening social skills and citizenship competencies for the improvement of interpersonal relationships of third grade "C" students of the Misael Pastrana Borrero Educational Institution at the Maria Goretti School. This paper-based study was designed by means of the interpretative approach, making use of the pedagogical action research method, which allowed evidencing the impact of cooperative learning in interpersonal contexts. This academic work was developed based on three research phases (deconstruction phase, reconstruction phase and, application test phase) proposed by the researcher Restrepo (2006). Data collection techniques and instruments such as the questionnaire and the semi-structured interview were used, which allowed designing the intervention proposal oriented to the improvement of interpersonal relationships. This proposed course of action was elaborated according to these cooperative learning techniques: 11 workshops were designed and implemented during three weeks; by virtue of its implementation, kindness, courtesy, empathy, assertive communication, active listening, teamwork and control of emotions were strengthened. It is concluded that cooperative learning is a didactic technique that favors development of citizenship competencies, social skills and interpersonal relationships.