Didactic treatment of the contents of Analytical Chemistry: contribution to food security and sovereignty

Abstract

Introduction: The training of the professional is a dynamic action because it responds to the continuous linkage of the university with society; hence the need for the socialization of knowledge and sustainable education around food issues. The Ministry of Higher Education methodologically directs and controls in undergraduate and postgraduate education the
insertion of topics related to food sovereignty and education. The optional-elective curriculum of the Chemistry course at the Universidad de Oriente offers the optional subject, Analytical Chemistry of Food (QAA). The content system includes
the treatment of food and nutritional sovereignty and security from the point of view of chemical analysis. Objective: to analyze how the didactic treatment of the contents of the QAA subject responds to food security and sovereignty
from the undergraduate formative process Materials and Methods: the theoretical methods of analysis and synthesis, induction-deduction, observation and the historical-logical method were used. The survey and documentary analysis
were the empirical methods used. Results: It was revealed that the QAA from the undergraduate level consolidates and integrates fundamentally the knowledge of analytical chemistry, to respond to aspects related to quality, safety and
nutritional value of food, taking into account the civic, legal and environmental safety. Forty-nine percent of the total hours of the discipline Analytical Chemistry contribute to QAA. Conclusions: the incorporation of the optional subject QAA in the curriculum is pertinent, integrative and contextualized to current times. The didactic treatment of the topics under study is very motivating, novel and favors the consolidation of the professional skills of the Chemistry career.