The utility value of school contents. Perceptions of primary level students
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This article describes the development of a didactic experience with the aim of rescuing the utility value of school content and knows the perception of students who participated in the proposed instructional design. The research was conducted with students from 6th grade of primary education, with an average age of 11 years. Questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were used for data collection. The results showed that the proposal was perceived as positive, as long as you rescue the academic work carried out as an instance that facilitates the understand of the link between what is taught in school and everyday life. The findings emphasize the importance of the found to think about teaching and learning and the settings of educational contexts that are committed to the transfer of knowledge and skill into every life.
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