Abstract

RODRIGUEZ-CEPEDA, Rodrigo; CASAS-MATEUS, Jaime Augusto  and  MARTINEZ-CARDENAS, Diana Esperanza. Chemical Laboratory on Context: Input for Development of Critical Thinking Skills. Rev. Fac. Cienc. Tecnol. [online]. 2020, n.47, pp.33-52. ISSN 0121-3814.  https://doi.org/10.17227/ted.num47-11334.

In university education, of professionals related to chemistry, there has been a concern for the development of critical thinking skills. However, it is clear that during the performance as professionals, some difficulties are identified in using this skill when trying to solve situations own of his professional work. A probable explanation to this problem is that, despite the effort made by teachers to design new teaching strategies, these have not been entirely effective, and on the other hand, it is identified that still persists in some teachers the traditional conception of teaching based on a rote process. In order to contribute in the study of the exposed problems, this research shows the results of a study in which activities and strategies are applied around the chemistry of food. We worked with a group of students registered in the subject of Chemistry Agroalimentaria of the Degree Program in Chemistry of the National Pedagogical University, located in Bogotá - Colombia, who worked on some experiments under certain contexts. As a result, a favoring in the development of critical thinking skills is observed, evidenced by the evaluation of a series of mini-projects.

Keywords : critical thinking; didactic; teaching of science; problem solving; teaching learning; mini-projects.

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