Experiences of the application of cooperative learning for teaching Clinical Microbiology

Abstract

At present, higher education has as its essential mission the formation of highly qualified human resources who act as responsible and competent citizens. A descriptive study of longitudinal section and prospective data collection was carried out, in which 15 students of the 1st year of the medium technical career in Human Physiology and Immunoalergy of the Faculty of Nursing Technology of Santiago de Cuba participate in the 1st semester of the 2019 school year / 2020. With the objective of analyzing the results of the implementation of informal cooperative learning techniques in the teaching of the Clinical Microbiology subject. The implementation of cooperative learning techniques can constitute a methodological didactic tool in the learning process, which not only favors the acquisition of knowledge but also interpersonal relationships, elements that can be generalized in the development of classes in the faculty and others educational institutions of the country.