Resumen de La mejora del aprendizaje a través de la percepción comunicativa

Esther Ponce Blázquez, Óscar Navarro Martínez, Carmen Torres Carrero

• Humanistic education is supported by neuroscience applied to education, generating changes in learning processes that promote a comprehensive approach from the inside of the student to the outside. This experimental study is based on Vygotsky’s works on the development of higher mental processes and the methodological principles of the Spanish educational law, inspired by the idea of the experimental school accessible to all by Dewey and Vieites. It was shown that the tools and methodologies that encourage interaction favor integral learning, by directing the student’s attention to different neural networks, following the Universal Learning Design model. In the study, a group problem was solved using tools that fostered interaction and communication among the participants. The results showed improvements in problem solving as the participants became aware of their way of expressing themselves in relation to the group. From Freudenthal’s mathematics for life perspective, the student learns by doing, sharing and improving, seeking more than a quantitative assessment. The feedback during the process helps the student to recognize new forms and possibilities, balancing their neural network system in a comprehensive learning. To dynamize the learning processes, an environment and agents that mobilize the entire process from the inside out are required. Thus, lifelong learning is integrated from the early stages of their education, through the group learning experience.