The Museum of the City of Quito as a real environment for learning Chemistry

Abstract

Usually, history museums have been associated with the didactics of the Social Sciences, however, these spaces can be used by other areas of knowledge and their respective scientific disciplines. A projective, field, transectional-contemporary study was
carried out, with the purpose of designing a didactic proposal considering a history
museum as a real environment for learning Chemistry. A participant observation was
applied in the Museum of the City of Quito, supported by an observation guide. A
survey was also carried out on students of the Tabacundo Educational Unit, whose
questionnaire consisted of closed questions with Likert scales. In addition, an interview was carried out with the Chemistry teachers of the educational institution, through a guide of open and closed questions. Elements that are part of the collections of
objects and art of a history museum that can be associated with different contents of
the Chemistry subject for the first and third years of the Unified General Baccalaureate
were identified, determining that the approach to Chemistry with an interdisciplinary
approach with History can be developed in contexts of daily life such as a history museum, where learning becomes amazing and significant for the student.