Interdisciplinary strategies for teaching natural sciences in higher education [Estrategias interdisciplinarias para la enseñanza de las ciencias naturales en la educación superior]
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interdisciplinary teaching, natural sciences, higher educationAbstract
The aim was to design interdisciplinary strategies for teaching natural sciences in higher education. A feasible project was employed, structured in three methodological phases: diagnosis of needs through a documentary review of seventeen sources published between 2007 and 2025; design of strategies based on identified theoretical frameworks; and conceptual validation through triangulation of pedagogical, disciplinary and practical perspectives. The results generated six strategies organised into three complementary dimensions: curricular, including integrated thematic modules and interdepartmental collaborative projects; methodological, comprising learning based on environmental problems and integrated laboratories; and technological, incorporating augmented reality for the visualisation of complex phenomena and collaborative digital platforms. It was concluded that effective implementation required the translation of abstract principles into concrete pedagogical procedures, systematic teacher professional development, institutional policies that legitimised interdepartmental collaboration, and the use of technologies as means subordinate to fundamental pedagogical objectives oriented towards a holistic understanding of complex natural phenomena.
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