Descripción

This research is developed in the Educational Institution Dos Ríos in Galindez (Patía, Cauca department, Colombia), with the objective of characterizing the pedagogical model or models in the school, bearing in mind the educative practice of its teachers. In order to accomplish the main objective, the qualitative paradigm is used, taking an interpretative methodological design, with an intentional non-probabilistic sample of the teachers of: Spanish, Mathematics and Natural Sciences in the elementary school grades.Instruments such as class observation and document review of students’ notebooks and assessments, as a reflection of the teachers’ practice, were used. The information obtained shows that principles, theories, strategiesand ways of evaluating which predominantly orientate the educational practice of teachers are proper to the traditional and behavioral models.