Abstract

PEREZ-ZAPATA, JUAN MANUEL et al. DESIGN OF EDUCATIVE MATERIAL FOR THE CONSERVATION TEACHING OF THE ANDEAN CONDOR (Vultur gryphus). Luna Azul [online]. 2010, n.30, pp.197-203. ISSN 1909-2474.

In this work, an educative material was designed for the conservation teaching of the Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus) in the Parque Nacional Natural Los Nevados, located in the Central Cordillera of Colombia, with heights ranging between 2600 and 5300 m. There were taken as theoretical referring the Escuela Nueva educational model, the standards for education in Colombia, and the concepts of playful and creativity. We performed a selection of standards by grade and by area and proceeded to organize the activities in accordance with the parameters established in the Escuela Nueva educational model. The educative material consists of a guide text which contains activities from four areas of knowledge such as social sciences, mathematics, natural sciences and the castilian language, and a handbook that is necessary for the development of the activities proposed in the guide text and contains information about biological, ecological, literature and conservation concerning to the condor. The result was a guide text that contains six units and 11 guides, and a handbook with 13 general points of the Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus). The guide text designed offers a great number and variety of flexible, playful and creative activities that is invigorated with the handbook of the specie object of conservation. The educational material designed is aimed at teachers of schools, facilitators and environmental promoters, park guides, tourists and the community in general.

Keywords : Environmental education; Escuela Nueva; species at risk; interdisciplinary approach.

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