El juego y sus posibilidades en la enseñanza de las ciencias naturales

Abstract

Playing is an activity that has contributed to the construction of the individual and society. It is inherent to the human being, linked to enjoyment, pleasure, and fun. Its importance in the process of teaching and learning is recognized since it is believed that when it is contextualized in a didactic activity it potentializes cognitive, affective, and communicative development, decisive aspects in the social construction of knowledge. From the perspective of teaching and learning sciences, the results of various studies demonstrate that playing promotes creativity and an investigative spirit, as well as piquing curiosity for the unknown, a fundamental factor for forming questions. Given the importance of play in learning, in this text we review some aspects that are necessary to consider when including ludic activities in a didactic strategy in order to construct academic scientific knowledge in the natural sciences. We describe some classroom experiences and their respective results.