School educational environments: An investigation about the propensity to learn in Chilean kindergartens

Abstract

Qualitative study focused on the knowledge and description of environments that contribute or not to encourage the natural propensity to learn in children. Ethnographical observation in municipal kindergartens from La Serena, Coquimbo and Valdivia was used. Results show how children build their learning in a genuine way, exploring and showing themselves satisfied with their accomplishments, even though educators build practices that ignore the complexity of their thinking.