Efectos de un programa basado en el Análisis Conductual Aplicado en la enseñanza de Conceptos Éticos y Morales religiosos

Abstract

Education is essential for integral development as human beings, due to learning of basic concepts and
behavioral parameters occurring and developing in the social sphere. Throughout history, different models or paradigms have emerged seeking to give guidelines, techniques, tools and strategies to meet the
objectives and goals proposed in processes carried out within the education and design of the study
program. One of these paradigms is behaviorism, which due to its incorrect and incomplete application misrepresent the latter and has received strong criticism in practice. Therefore, this research proposes to observe and establish the effects of the application of the principles of Applied Behavioral
Analysis in the teaching of religious ethical values of 12 adolescents aged 11 to 13, belonging to the
catechesis group of the Buen Pastor Church of Bucaramanga. In order to achieve this, an ABAB design
research was carried out, measuring dependent variables motivation and participation after a social
reinforcers and a token economy program was implemented. The results showed that these latest Behavioral Analysis strategies were effective in increasing participation, motivation and level of learning