The teaching of Social Sciences Didactics through Latin American cinema

Abstract

In these lines we intend to know the situation of the use of audiovisual media in the classroom that are so relegated compared to other educational resources. We take into account that, within the teaching practice, the choice of teaching resources is determined, to a large extent, by the rigor in the achievement of the objectives stipulated for each educational level, in the time constraints and in the lack of a minimum of resources. We present a series of questions asked to the students of the Teaching Degree of Primary Education as a sample that have as their purpose to introduce the world of cinema in the classrooms. Teaching through cinema offers us a beneficial quality, which differs from other disciplines, as a result of which the image is present as a normalized element in the development of the person from the first years of life. Using social sciences, we present a series of activities to analyze the social, historical, political, economic reality ... of Latin America through a selection of films. We believe that the use of a playful and relaxed methodology is a dynamic and motivating element of the classroom that enriches the work of teaching and learning.