Use of Google Earth in the learning process of geographical location in eighth grade students of Basic General Education
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The purpose of this work is to improve the learning of geographical location from a didactic strategy for the use of Google Earth in the eighth year students of Basic General Education of the Julio Enrique Moreno Municipal Educational Unit. The initial diagnosis showed that the students have difficulties in the skills necessary for localization. Teachers report not using digital tools in this regard. The use of Google Earth is part of the educational innovation required by the National Curriculum, established by the Ministry of Education of Ecuador. This tool offers advantages such as dynamism, friendliness and free access; It improves the recognition of geographical points, spatial orientation, the identification of longitude and latitude, among others. Theoretical methods such as inductive-deductive, analytical-synthetic, systemic-structural-functional approach and modeling were used. Among the empirical methods, the pedagogical test of the students and the interview of teachers were used. Within the statistical-mathematical ones, the arithmetic mean, the mode, the median and the standard deviation were used. A sample of 35 was selected from a population of 100 students. The didactic strategy was carried out following the ASSURE model. It was validated by consultation with specialists and 100% highlighted that it was valid. The didactic strategy can benefit Geography teachers, as it provides alternatives for students to learn to orient themselves, to recognize cardinal points, to distinguish geographical features, among other crucial skills for geographical location in the eighth year of Basic General Education.
Keywords: learning process, geographical location, Google Earth, Basic General Education
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María del Carmen Bustamante-Buenaño, Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador
0009-0009-0977-7610
She is Ecuadorian, a secondary school teacher for more than 17 years, a graduate of the Central University of Ecuador, with a Bachelor's Degree in Educational Sciences, and a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the International University of Ecuador. She is a teacher at the San José "La Salle" Private Educational Unit in Latacunga. She has a Master's Degree in Education, with a specialization in Pedagogy in Digital Environments, from the Bolivarian University of Ecuador.
Diana Elizabeth Carrión-Díaz, Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador
0009-0007-5809-9188
She is Ecuadorian. She graduated from the Universidad Central del Ecuador with a Bachelor's Degree in Educational Sciences.
Her work experience has spanned over 10 years in secondary school.
She completed her advanced studies at the Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador .
Gretel Vázquez-Zubizarreta, Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador
0000-0002-3135-0500
She has a Doctorate in Pedagogical Sciences. For more than 22 years, she has been performing her duties in the area of educational technology. She has several published articles and has participated in events related to the use of ICT in the teaching-learning process.
Elsy Rodríguez-Revelo, Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4486-0785
She is a professor at the Bolivarian University of Ecuador, in the Department of Education, and at the State University of Guayaquil, in the Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences. She has 12 years of teaching experience in the National Teaching Service of Ecuador. She holds a PhD in Education from the University of Zaragoza, where she holds a scholarship. Her main research focuses on school management and educational leadership, and teacher training.