Problematize: vital action to favor active learning

Abstract

To problematize is a vital condition of active learning where students are main characters because learning is a process carry out in first person, by the subject through the action over learning objects and the participation of a diverse learner dimensions (volitive, emotional, relational, cognitive, etc.). Taking into account the responsibility of teachers of design and propose into the classroom the strategies that favor learning it is evident the action of problematize which is considered a didactic strategy that makes possible the problematization. This paper answers to the question what are the characteristics of a teaching-learning activity to be a problematize action? It is considered that this theoretical accuracy can make easier the task of empirical research since it determines the characteristics of this didactic strategy. Equally, this paper can qualify teaching tasks because it sets up a framework to carry out learning activities and teachers’ self-evaluation.