Estrategias que fomentan la empatía en los estudiantes del grado séptimo de la Institución Educativa Alfonso López Pumarejo de Villavicencio

Abstract

In the Alfonso Lopez Pumarejo Educational Institution of Villavicencio, it is proposed to implement with this proposal meaningful pedagogical and playful strategies that promote a change of behavior at the attitudinal level in seventh grade students inside and outside the classroom, in order to reduce and mitigate the aggressiveness in the student population rooted in the family environment and in the community of the village. Therefore, the research is oriented to implement a descriptive qualitative method that allows identifying the level of empathy of the students, through the application of a Test of Empathy - Cognitive and Affective (TECA) by asking questions based on their behavior in interpersonal relationships with their peers. In the application of the test, a sample was taken selecting 36 students of that grade, where both genders were included. This test yielded negative results because it shows an increase in the rates of verbal and physical abuse within the population studied. Based on this, "I am empathetic in my games" was implemented to strengthen and promote the development of social skills, focused on the management of empathy for a healthy coexistence, through recreational and pedagogical strategies such as the recreational festival and awareness workshop. From this we conclude the importance of the implementation of these strategies in the study plans to improve the Synthetic Index of Educational Quality regarding the school environment.