Promoting university STEAM competence: analysis of a learning situation in the Organic Learning Garden

Abstract

In this communication, we present the experience that was carried out during the 2021-2022 academic year in a Spanish public university with Primary Education teachers in training who were in their second year. It consisted of four activities in which proportionality problems (mathematical content) and pure substances and mixtures (experimental science content) were worked simultaneously, contextualized in an organic learning garden. In this paper, we present two of these activities and carry out an analysis of the students' responses. The results obtained allow us to detect deficiencies and difficulties in the use of measuring instruments and in the calculation of proportions. This allows us to consider the need to develop strategies to support students in their training process.