Storytelling: una estrategia didáctica para desarrollar el pensamiento crítico

Abstract

Abstract: Critical thinking is one of the factors that every person needs to defend themselves within their context. The objective of this research is to develop critical thinking through storytelling in fifth grade students of basic education at the "Dos de Agosto" School of Basic Education in Alamor, Puyango canton; The research was proposed with an experimental design at a descriptive level following a quantitative research method through the survey technique and a dhoc questionnaire was used with the purpose of knowing the use and application of storytelling by teachers. Whose results reflect that teachers know little about storytelling, and due to this low knowledge it is used infrequently in the classroom. In addition, teachers consider that storytelling helps a lot for students to contribute to conflict resolution. Therefore, a manual is presented with the procedure to follow for the implementation of storytelling in the classroom, in order to develop critical thinking in students.