Pedagogical strategy to contribute to the development of scientific culture in Pre-University Vocational Institutes of Exact Sciences

Abstract

The article presented is the result of the research project “Development of talent for the study of Exact and Natural Sciences of students of the Pre-University Vocational Institute of Exact Sciences that is developed at the University of Sancti Spíritus José Martí Pérez of Cuba." Its objective is to disseminate a strategy that contributes to the development of scientific culture among students at the Eusebio Olivera Rodríguez Pre-University Vocational Institute “Eusebio Olivera Rodríguez”. The theoretical methods used were historical-logical, analytical-synthetic, inductive-deductive, documentary analysis, and systemic-structural-functional, to determine the state of research on scientific culture, develop the theoretical framework, and formulate the requirements to be considered during the strategy's implementation; likewise, modeling and the systemic-structural-functional approach were used to develop the strategy. The fundamental results are the determination of the theoretical and methodological foundations of scientific culture and its development, and the strategy designed to contribute to the development of scientific culture among students at the aforementioned educational institution. The main conclusions of the work lie in the arguments that demonstrate the importance of developing scientific culture in individuals, institutions, and society; as well as the relationship between the terms "science education" and "scientific culture" and the role of education in its development, which are expressed in the design of the actions that make up the strategy.