A teaching experience inside and outside the classroom: an interdisciplinary itinerary to know a neighborhood of the city of Cuenca

Abstract

The city is a teaching resource for different educational levels due to its potential for the understanding of the geographic space. Therefore, the main objective of this article is to underline the value of the urban environment of the city of Cuenca, and, in particular, one of its neighborhoods with a unique identity, “Las Quinientas”. The project-based methodology has allowed the active participation of students throughout the different phases of the project, with two key moments. The first one focused on an investigative methodology to search information about the main socio-economic characteristics, investigating the previous geographical concepts; whilst the second one developed a didactic application during a field trip to the neighborhood. The results show a better knowledge and an appreciation of the urban environment as an outdoor classroom.