More than 100 preschool, primary, and secondary school teachers participated in the training "The classroom in the vegetable garden," a proposal aimed at incorporating the vegetable garden as a pedagogical tool and strengthening knowledge related to food production in the educational environment.
The training was promoted jointly by the Secretariat of Productive Development of the Municipality of Concordia, INTA Concordia, and the General Council of Education (CGE), and included four in-person meetings, combining theoretical content with practical experiences.
As a closing to the proposal, the teachers participated in a practical activity at the Productive Pole of Concordia, located in the Sarmiento neighborhood, where they were able to apply the knowledge worked on during the training and learn directly about the productive experiences developed in this space.
Subsequently, the delivery of certificates was carried out at the Bicentennial House, on the Víctor Oppel premises. The activity was attended by the Secretary of Productive Development, Eng. Sebastián Arístide; the director of INTA Concordia, Agr. Eng. Dr. Javier Oberschelp; authorities from the General Council of Education; Elba Hernández and Alejandra Almada, members of the technical team; and municipal authorities.
During the closing, Arístide highlighted the importance of linking education with local productive development: "The vegetable garden is an educational tool that allows for working on many contents, but it also transmits values linked to work, care for the environment, and food production. From the Municipality, we want to continue generating these spaces for training and articulation with educational institutions."
For his part, Oberschelp valued the joint work between the institutions and noted: "From INTA, we understand that the vegetable garden has enormous potential as a learning space. This training allowed us to bring knowledge and tools to teachers so they can take those experiences to the classrooms and generate new ways of teaching and learning."
From the organization, they remarked that the participation of more than a hundred teachers reflects the interest of the educational community in incorporating sustainable production, healthy eating, and contact with nature as tools within teaching processes.
The proposal is part of the articulation actions between the educational sector, the scientific-technological system, and local productive development, promoting training instances that can be translated into concrete experiences within the schools of Concordia.
The training was promoted jointly by the Secretariat of Productive Development of the Municipality of Concordia, INTA Concordia, and the General Council of Education (CGE), and included four in-person meetings, combining theoretical content with practical experiences.
As a closing to the proposal, the teachers participated in a practical activity at the Productive Pole of Concordia, located in the Sarmiento neighborhood, where they were able to apply the knowledge worked on during the training and learn directly about the productive experiences developed in this space.
Subsequently, the delivery of certificates was carried out at the Bicentennial House, on the Víctor Oppel premises. The activity was attended by the Secretary of Productive Development, Eng. Sebastián Arístide; the director of INTA Concordia, Agr. Eng. Dr. Javier Oberschelp; authorities from the General Council of Education; Elba Hernández and Alejandra Almada, members of the technical team; and municipal authorities.
During the closing, Arístide highlighted the importance of linking education with local productive development: "The vegetable garden is an educational tool that allows for working on many contents, but it also transmits values linked to work, care for the environment, and food production. From the Municipality, we want to continue generating these spaces for training and articulation with educational institutions."
For his part, Oberschelp valued the joint work between the institutions and noted: "From INTA, we understand that the vegetable garden has enormous potential as a learning space. This training allowed us to bring knowledge and tools to teachers so they can take those experiences to the classrooms and generate new ways of teaching and learning."
From the organization, they remarked that the participation of more than a hundred teachers reflects the interest of the educational community in incorporating sustainable production, healthy eating, and contact with nature as tools within teaching processes.
The proposal is part of the articulation actions between the educational sector, the scientific-technological system, and local productive development, promoting training instances that can be translated into concrete experiences within the schools of Concordia.