Estrategias de laboratorio y el aprendizaje de Ciencias Naturales de los estudiantes de octavo año de Educación General Básica de la Unidad Educativa "Totoras" Parroquia Totoras, Cantón Ambato,Provincia de Tunguragua.

Abstract

This study seeks to determine the laboratory employing strategies to promote learning in the area of Natural Sciences students of the eighth year of Basic General Education Unit "Totoras" practical way; It is based on the critical and proactive paradigms, research is descriptive, field, bibliographic and documentary, based on the association of variables, the investigated sample is 14 teachers and 25 students, with the following results: Applying strategies as a teaching laboratory have been omitted in curriculum planning, due to not having the necessary physical space; Students demonstrate understanding of the theory of knowledge of science by practicing them; there is ignorance on the part of teachers and students have available documentary source experiments. We conclude that it is necessary in the teaching and learning of this discipline by combining theory with practice to awaken the investigative and scientific interest in students. Building a teaching tool as teaching support was proposed as an alternative solution to implement strategies laboratory in the development of learning within the area of Natural Sciences students involved in research, encouraging appreciation of essential knowledge of the sciences in the formation of citizens.