Moldeado en arcilla: una herramienta didáctica para el fortalecimiento de habilidades agrícolas en los estudiantes del Instituto Técnico Agrícola de Gramalote (I.T.A) sede vereda el Zumbador.

Abstract

Throughout history, farmers and rural people have used their environment, relying on agricultural techniques to improve their quality of life, respecting the native flora and fauna, generating sustainable development while also generating new knowledge of their environment and discovery of new agricultural skills which were passed on from generation to generation thanks to the oldest learning process, imitation. Educational centers become training scenarios for the construction of critical thinking and strengthening the sense of belonging on the part of the teaching staff towards the community. The following proposal, the plastic arts as a didactic tool to strengthen agricultural skills, was developed with high school students from the Gramalote Agricultural Technical Institute (I.T.A), headquarters in the village of El Zumbador, in the municipality of Gramalote. This work implements the use of the plastic arts as a teaching tool, applying strategies and activities that strengthen physical and motor skills, developing artistic capabilities in the student community, reinforcing the environmental education taught by teachers, making use of the spaces provided by the institution. such as gardens and orchards. The students are the main actors in the process of beautifying the institution, instilling in them a sense of belonging, nutritional awareness and good use of the natural resources in their environment.