Discovering Ecuador: Nature and traditions for young and old explorers

Carmen Magdalena Mero-Alcívar; Carlos Eduardo Sornoza-Menéndez; Tatiana Lizeth Ibarra-Quimi; Maryury Yahaira Macias-Cedeño; Jessica María Zambrano-Macías

doi:10.21744/irjeis.v10n5.2462

Authors

Carmen Magdalena Mero-Alcívar
carmitam63@gmail.com
Unidad Educativa “Jama” Jama, Manabí, Ecuador
Carlos Eduardo Sornoza-Menéndez Unidad Educativa Fiscal “Portoviejo” Portoviejo, Manabí, Ecuador
Tatiana Lizeth Ibarra-Quimi Unidad Educativa XXI “Anchundia Andrade Genesis” Portoviejo, Manabí, Ecuador
Maryury Yahaira Macias-Cedeño Unidad Educativa “Chamanga” Muisne, Atacames, Ecuador
Jessica María Zambrano-Macías Unidad Educativa fiscal “6 de diciembre” San Isidro, Sucre, Ecuador

Keywords:

biodiversity, culture, landscape, leisure, nature

Abstract

Teaching children at an early age is essential so that they can know and explore the nature of their environment. The research aims to involve students between 3 and 4 years old in the exploration and knowledge of everything that surrounds them related to the environment. Landscape mainly in the place where they live and study, to then teach them the traditions of the different cultures and regions of Ecuador. So in their adolescence and youth, they are interested in getting to know the towns, fauna, landscapes, traditions and gastronomy of the various tourist places that exist in our country Ecuador. The descriptive and interpretive method was used as a methodology through recreational activities and significant experiences. The result was that the children were able to acquire knowledge about the geographical and cultural diversity of their environment and the country with a sense of their own identity and appreciation for their immediate environment. Likewise, adolescents and young people, through interpretations, dramatizations and presentations with costumes and the gastronomic part, acquire knowledge of the biodiversity of the regions of the country.

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