“El juego como estrategia metodológica para el manejo de la agresividad en niños de 4 años’’

Abstract

In education, play is highly useful, functioning as a methodological strategy that promotes the acquisition of significant learning, facilitates the child's integral development, and allows for guiding their behavior and managing aggression properly. This study aims to determine the incidence of play as a methodological strategy for managing aggression in 4-year-old children. A mixed-method approach was implemented, with a pre- experimental descriptive, correlational, and cross-sectional type design. An inductive- deductive methodology and the card indexing technique were employed. The population comprised 19 4-year-old children. For diagnosing levels of aggression, the Cuello and Oros Aggression Scale from 2012 was used, which has a Cronbach's alpha of 0.9. The processing and interpretation of results were conducted utilizing descriptive and inferential statistics. Regarding the results, a direct and significant relationship was found between play as a methodological strategy and aggression in 4-year-old children, with a Pearson correlation index of 0.86, indicating a high relationship. In conclusion, it can be stated that the goal determined in the research was accomplished, and a clear relationship between the two variables under study was evidenced. After implementing the pedagogical intervention proposal, a decrease in children's aggressive behavior was observed.