Dynamic components of the curriculum in language from the teacher's perspective
Abstract
Even when teachers follow guidelines from the Ministry of National Education of Colombia
(1998; 2006; 2017; 2018), micro curricula are often disconnected from the realities, interests, and
needs of students. This gap between the content taught, the methodology, and meaningful
learning limits their training to face contemporary challenges. The purpose of the research was to
identify the dynamic components of the language curriculum from the teacher's perspective that
respond to current educational demands. It is based on contributions from Ritchhart & Church
(2020), Swartz (2018), Robinson (2016), Galbán (2016), Harf (2017), Perkins (2015), among
others. The work followed a qualitative approach, with the Educational Action Research method
developed in three cycles of reflection; the sample corresponded to 22 teachers of first and
second grade of Primary Education. Reflection cycle 1 revealed: the dynamization of the
language curriculum requires the generation of strategies according to the context; the
dynamization of the meso and micro curriculum implies articulating content with significant and
diverse activities; incorporation of technologies and transformation of classroom environments;
the curricular structure is perceived as organized-comprehensive, distant from reality, with a lack
of the emotional component. Reflection cycles 2 and 3 allowed defining the dynamic components
of the curriculum such as the transition to novel strategies, flexibility according to needs and
interests, management of emotions, reflective evaluation and school-family articulation.
Keywords: Curriculum; dynamic components; teaching practices; pedagogical reflection.
Introducción
El proceso de investigación que se aborda concentra su atención en la dinamización del
currículo de lenguaje, específicamente en lo que atañe al micro contexto del aula. Si bien, al
interior de este, los docentes siguen las orientaciones establecidas por el Ministerio de Educación
Nacional, MEN, Colombia (1998; 2006; 2017; 2018), los micro currículos se encuentran muchas
veces alejados de las realidades, los intereses y las necesidades de los estudiantes. Según lo
refieren Flórez y Gómez (2013), Robinson (2016) y Guzmán, Ghitis y Ruiz (2018), persisten
practicas estáticas, enfocadas en procesos perceptivos, poco sugerentes y repetitivas, las cuales se
distancian de los procesos cognitivos y metacognitivos que llevan a los niños a pensar con
eficacia, hacer uso de las habilidades de la mente, visibilizar lo que se piensa y a usar el lenguaje
de forma competente.
Ante este panorama, la escuela se ha visto abocada a repensarse y reflexionar ampliamente
sobre su razón de ser, esto ha llevado a examinar con detenimiento los meso y micro currículos