ADEQUATE USE OF LEISURE TIME AS A PEDAGOGICAL STRATEGY THAT STRENGTHENS CITIZENS 'COMPETENCES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS OF LUIS CARLOS GALAN SARMIENTO SCHOOL COLOMBIA

Ba. Ana Carolina LOPEZ BELTRAN, BA.

Master's thesis

Abstract:

This research is made with the aim of strengthening school coexistence through the appropriate use of free time at the Luis Carlos Galán educational institution in the city of Ibagué - Tolima (Colombia), taking into account the characteristics of this specific social reality. The study is based on a diagnosis that shows a complex situation of location, extreme poverty, where students show an aggressive attitude as a result of family problems and lack of training in civic competitions that make the school in mention, a space of offenses , fights, robberies, vandalism and sexual incidents. Once the problem is identified, 4 categories are established (school coexistence, citizenship competences, motivation, and pedagogical practices) to formulate the theoretical bases and to organize the collected information for later analysis. It is a qualitative research focused on action research, which not only describes a problem but also proposes a pedagogical sequence, as a proposal of a solution and measure to intervene the situation lived within a Colombian school. Subsequently, data is analyzed with the support of the Atlas.ti program, which is purely for qualitative research, generating semantic networks that help to condense and understand the collected data. The SPSS is also used to analyze the surveys that the students answered. Finally, the results of the research are presented, in order to answer the specific questions and analyze if the objectives were reached and the application of the pedagogical sequence leaves a positive experience within the educational community.

Abstract:

This research is made with the aim of strengthening school coexistence through the appropriate use of free time at the Luis Carlos Galán educational institution in the city of Ibagué - Tolima (Colombia), taking into account the characteristics of this specific social reality. The study is based on a diagnosis that shows a complex situation of location, extreme poverty, where students show an aggressive attitude as a result of family problems and lack of training in civic competitions that make the school in mention, a space of offenses , fights, robberies, vandalism and sexual incidents. Once the problem is identified, 4 categories are established (school coexistence, citizenship competences, motivation, and pedagogical practices) to formulate the theoretical bases and to organize the collected information for later analysis. It is a qualitative research focused on action research, which not only describes a problem but also proposes a pedagogical sequence, as a proposal of a solution and measure to intervene the situation lived within a Colombian school. Subsequently, data is analyzed with the support of the Atlas.ti program, which is purely for qualitative research, generating semantic networks that help to condense and understand the collected data. The SPSS is also used to analyze the surveys that the students answered. Finally, the results of the research are presented, in order to answer the specific questions and analyze if the objectives were reached and the application of the pedagogical sequence leaves a positive experience within the educational community.

Keywords

school coexistence, citizenship competences, motivation, and pedagogical practices

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 24. 5. 2018

Thesis defence

• Date of defence: 1. 6. 2018
• Supervisor: doc. Mgr. Štefan Chudý, Ph.D.

PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY OLOMOUC

Faculty of Education

Master programme / field:
Education / Leisure Time Activities Counselling and Management