Abstract

QUINTANA-RAMIREZ, Antonio; PAEZ, John Jairo  and  TELLEZ-LOPEZ, Patricia. Technological Activities at School: A Teaching Resource to Promote a Culture of Renewable Energies. Pedagogía y Saberes [online]. 2018, n.48, pp.43-57. ISSN 0121-2494.

The article presents the results of a research in which a proposal for a structure of Technological Activities at School (TAS) was designed and assessed. These activities make it possible to address the study of technology in its technical and sociocultural dimensions related to renewable energies. The first part of the text presents: the theoretical considerations about the relationship between renewable energies and education, as well as their particular development in Colombia; the pedagogical assumptions that support this kind of activities, usually associated to the constructionist perspective of learning and the conceptualization of this kind of activities; and some reflections about the idea of culture involved in the processes that strive for its transformation. The second section describes a pedagogical proposal for TAS in two phases: the didactical design of activities and the construction of prototypes. The third section presents the methodology of the study, followed by the results of its implementation and the validation of the proposal. The study shows evidences of the didactic worth of the structure of the TAS, the relevance of the subject in the school and the interest and openness of teachers and students to a cultural change that improves the efficient use of renewable energies.

Keywords : technological activities at school; technology education; renewable energies; Arduino; android.

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