El cuaderno de campo como herramienta didáctica para el reconocimiento de la importancia de la preservación de la diversidad florística en el Tropicario del Jardín Botánico de Bogotá

Abstract

Field notebooks have been used in educational processes for teaching Biology and the recognition of living organisms that constitute ecosystems. The objective of this research was to implement the field notebook as a teaching tool for the recognition of the importance of preserving the floral diversity of the Tropicario of the Bogotá Botanical Garden José Celestino Mutis (JBBJCM) in the theoretical context of a non-conventional educational space. To do so, the notion of field notebook described by Roa and Vargas (2009) was used, together with the content analysis technique for the systematization and review of the results obtained. In these, it was identified that the field notebook allows the recognition of floral diversity through cognitive processes such as observation and creativity, whose elements are part of a type of narrative about the living, and at the same time, an indication of a degree of understanding of the natural environment. Studies on the use of this teaching tool in non-conventional spaces are limited, which is why the implementation of the field notebook deserves further review.