Valoración de la literatura infantil como herramienta para promover el pensamiento divergente, a partir de la observación de la interacción docentes-estudiantes de primer grado, del colegio Nuevo Mundo, en la ciudad de Quito durante el año lectivo 2019-2020.

Abstract

Abstract:The present investigation seeks to inquire on the potential of contemporary children's literature for the development of divergent thinking on a group of students from the educational level of Preparatory. Through observation and assessment based on the indicators proposed by J.P. Guilford, the study took place on the classroom of First Grade of the High School Nuevo Mundo , in Quito, with a sample of 18 children and 2 teachers. The analysis focused on the strategies being applied by the teachers when providing the children with a literary experience, also on the children s learning process, especially on the relations being stablished between divergent thinking, intelligence, creativity and the literary experience. Through the investigation, it was proved that children s literature allows the teachers to design experiences that can allow the development of a creative thinking, which is not a mechanical thinking, promoting on students the ability to solve real live problems in innovative ways.