Creating research seedbeds in rural schools

Resumo

This proposal is based on the strengthening of scientific culture within rural educational institutions in the municipality of Montería, assuming teaching work not as a linear transmission, but as a constant exercise of reflection-action. Under this approach, research seedbeds are constituted as learning communities and dynamic collectives that transcend the classroom walls. The central objective is to foster a critical and proactive spirit in rural students, providing them with methodological tools that allow them not only to know, but to interpret and transform their social, cultural, and productive reality. The strategy is supported by metacognition processes, where the young researcher reflects on their own learning while addressing problems of their local environment (such as biodiversity, food sovereignty, or community development). By consolidating these seedbeds as a sustained institutional practice, teamwork is promoted that integrates collective efforts to raise the standards of scientific training in the field. In this way, science ceases to be an abstract concept to position itself as an engine of social change, guaranteeing that the development of knowledge is relevant and responds directly to the dynamics and needs of the rural territories of the department of Córdoba.