Wikimedia+Education Conference 2019/Submissions/Secondary students learning, editing and sharing knowledge about Renewable Energies from a Latin American perspective

Submission no.
Title of the submission: Secondary students learning, editing and sharing knowledge about Renewable Energies from a Latin American perspective

Author(s) of the submission

Estela Maria Dominguez Halpern

E-mail address

esteladomiha@gmail.com

Country/place of origin

Argentina

Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.)

Instituto Industrial Luis A. Huergo

Main theme: Skills for life
Type of session: Presentation
Scope: Teachers that work with teenagers. Local perspective.
Length of session: 20 minutes
Do you want to submit a paper for peer-reviewing?

No

Abstract: The students from Luis A. Huergo Industrial Institute (Buenos Aires, Argentina) have participated in different projects proposed by Wikimedia Argentina. The Wikipedia Editiing Club held in 2018 was an opportunity to explore different academic fields, share information and investigate, offering teenagers the possibility to plan and debate in order to build their own argumentative strategies while relating the phenomena that surround them with scientific ideas and the world these ideas seek to explain. Our students from the technical orientation of Secondary Education in Renewable Energy, the only educational modality offered in this field in Buenos Aires City, outstood by their level of content production. This training allowed learners to understand and analyze the complex and heterogeneous panorama that implies the use of energy in the world as well as the differences between natural resources patrimony and those of purchasing power. In addition, the Huergo Institute participated in the Argentina Documentary Memory Competition organized by the PEA Network (UNESCO) and Wikimedia Argentina, taking and producing photographic images of local cultural heritage. The students learned the importance of working with Wiki Commons and Wikidata Projects for the production of open knowledge and free access. In 2019, we want to continue with the editing activities, inviting students to ask questions where the answer is a social construct framed by the educational community. Imagination and logical thinking will be channels through which students are expected to move throughout their training, in order to understand the contradictory, complex dynamics that take place in the constant challenge of facing the unknown. In the editing activities, these young men and women will investigate different topics that will be validated by their teachers. Focus will be on the production of content that accounts for the local idiosyncrasy and the importance of developing knowledge with a Latin American perspective on its global impact. Taking advantage of the accessibility of the platform, we think that it may become a space in which young learners could register what they have researched in a collaborative way, validating knowledge through various resources.

How does your proposal add knowledge to the international community in Wikimedia and education?

This proposal will focus on:

Collaborative work between students and teachers from different subjects and areas of knowledge, encouraging the interdisciplinarity between different academic modalities.
The role these young learners will take as disseminators in the innovative field of Renewable Energy, in which their are being trained, through research and editing in Wikipedia.
Creating content that accounts for the local idiosyncrasy and the importance of developing knowledge with a Latin American perspective on its global impact.
Challenging students to ask questions where the answer is a social construct framed by the educational community

Who is the intended ideal audience for the topic?

Teachers that work with teenagers. Local perspective.

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