El aprendizaje basado en problemas como estrategia innovadora en educación general básica

Abstract

The objective of this investigation is to demonstrate in theory the importance of Problem Based Learning as a methological strategy to innovate educational practices in elementary school´s education. The investigation methology was bibliographic, which pretended to give answers to the following questions: What is Problem Based Learning (PBL)? How to implement PBL in educational practices? What is the process to develop PBL? Is PBL applicable to all elementary school years? What´s the teacher´s roll in PBL? What´s the student´s function within PBL? What skills and abilities do the students adquire in the PBL´s process? This investigation confirms the importance of PBL as an innovative strategy within the teaching-learnning process in elementary schools. The methology prioritizes the proposal and solucion of a problem through student´s interests and needs, main participants of the formation process seeing from a constructive perspective.