The Learning to Learn Competence in Early Childhood Preservice Teachers: An Outdoor and e/m-Learning Experience in the Museum

Daniel Abril-López, Hortensia Morón-Monge, María del Carmen Morón-Monge and María Dolores López Carrillo
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Daniel Abril-López: Departamento de Geología, Geografía y Medio Ambiente, Universidad de Alcalá, 19001 Guadalajara, Spain
Hortensia Morón-Monge: Departamento de Didáctica de Ciencias Experimentales y Sociales, Universidad de Sevilla, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
María del Carmen Morón-Monge: Departamento de Didácticas Integradas, Universidad de Huelva, 21007 Huelva, Spain
María Dolores López Carrillo: Departamento de Geología, Geografía y Medio Ambiente, Universidad de Alcalá, 19001 Guadalajara, Spain

Future Internet, 2021, vol. 13, issue 2, 1-19

Abstract: This study was developed with Early Childhood Preservice Teachers within the framework of the Teaching and Learning of Social Sciences over three academic years (2017–2018, 2018–2019, and 2019–2020) at the University of Alcalá. The main objective was to improve the learning to learn competence during teacher training from an outdoor experience at the Museum of Guadalajara (Spain), using e/m-learning tools (Blackboard Learn, Google Forms, QR codes, and websites) and the inquiry-based learning approach. To ascertain the level of acquisition of this competence in those teachers who were being trained, their self-perception—before and after—of the outdoor experience was assessed through a system of categories adapted from the European Commission. The results show a certain improvement in this competence in Early Childhood Preservice Teachers. Additionally, this outdoor experience shows the insufficient educational adaptation of the museum to the early childhood education stage from a social sciences point of view. Finally, we highlight the importance of carrying out outdoor experiences from an inquiry-based education approach. These outdoor experiences should be carried out in places like museums to encourage contextualized and experiential learning of the youngest in formal education.

Keywords: Early Childhood Preservice Teachers; social sciences; learning to learn competence; museum; outdoor learning; inquiry-based learning; e/m-learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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