El huerto escolar como herramienta pedagógica en la integración del colectivo del CEIS José E. López, Urumaco

Abstract

The purpose of this study is aimed at promoting actions for the creation and recovery of productive spaces, this research is entitled the school garden as a pedagogical tool in the strengthening of the "All hands to the seed" program in the José Encarnación López Initial Education Center of the Urumaco Municipality of Falcón State. For its realization, research methods of the theoretical and empirical levels were used, as well as instruments associated with them. Observation and interviews with management personnel and teachers were used as a technique. In the methodological aspect, it was developed considering the socio-critical approach, framed in the criteria of a Participatory and Transformative Action Research, as well as in the line of research No. 10. Education and Ecology, which arises from the National Consultation for Educational Quality. The population is made up of 331 individuals, while the sample is made up of 98 individuals. The technique for collecting information is the interview and the instrument used was the questionnaire. In this order, the results were analyzed qualitatively in attention to the action plans formulated and according to these it was concluded that school gardens are a pedagogical tool that actively strengthens education as well as the integration of the triad: school, family and community fostering commitment and a sense of belonging in the institutional group, also strengthened the school feeding program with the production of some items, beans, Creole cucumber, chili, chives, pumpkin and paprika.