DIDACTIC STRATEGY TO FOSTER BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCES

The present work was focused on improving the prosocial competences of 8th grade EGB students of the Basic Education School "2 de marzo", starting from an analysis of the students' behavior during the teaching-learning process. The study was oriented in a mixed research with a descriptive and documental link in order to describe the characteristics and dimensions of prosocial behaviors. The study population consisted of 70 students who were administered a 15-question questionnaire with Likert-type items with the dimensions of cooperation, solidarity and empathy. The instrument was validated and constructed under the expert judgment methodology, reaching a Cronbach's alpha statistic of 0.848. The results contrasted certain needs for improvement in each dimension. Based on this analysis, a methodological guide is proposed that contains strategies duly structured and based on the current reality in the teaching and learning processes to be duly applied in each classroom.