Teaching of natural sciences and environmental education. Quality Educational Institution Management Dominic Savio.

Abstract

In the Educational Institution «Domingo Savio» of Florence (Department of Caquetá, Colombia), with students in grades sixth through eleven and teachers, was the investigation of how it has been the teaching of Natural Science and Environmental Education under the quality Management process under the international standard ISO 9001:2008 standard that the institution is implementing in pursuit of improving the quality of education at this school. The methodological approach was the historical-hermeneutic and the type of research, systematization of experience. The data were obtained using the techniques of interview, survey of open questions and the review of documents of the Quality Management System (QMS). The research was conducted in three stages: the first, correspond to the time when the process begins Quality Management; the second, concerns to the implementation of the QMS, and the third, incumbent to the actuality time. The categories of analysis or systematic axes were: teaching and learning processes, the role of teacher, the role of the student, learning environments and evaluation applied by teachers of Science, during and after the implementation period. The results show that the major benefits were observed in the test results SABER. The teaching of natural sciences are associated with the traditional model, ignoring the model proposed by the institution: Constructivism.