Teaching Geography through an Experimental Approach

Abstract

In secondary education, the teaching-learning process of geography is limited to memorizing the content, coloring maps and using the textbook. These practices do not favor the development of geographical thinking or the students' understanding of the environment. The present research focuses on the application of an alternative method, whose objective is to evaluate a didactic proposal for teaching geography based on the experimental approach, with the purpose of students acquiring geographical data, relating them and using them to interpret the world in its spatial dimension, as well as the interactions that occur between human beings and geographical space, this proposal is designed based on experimental and experiential practices inside and outside the classroom. The methodology used is mixed with two groups of first year of secondary school in the municipality of Juárez, Nuevo León. The findings obtained indicate that the reproduction of everyday situations in the form of experiments generates more active student participation, allows the development of concepts and thinking skills with emphasis on geographical reasoning processes, and they also investigate, question and apply their knowledge. in your daily life.