Educational actions for teaching chess through the cuban heroes

Abstract

Despite its tradition in Cuba, the complexity of Chess as a strategy sport and other cultural and contextual factors affect that in children's ages it does not always reach the motivation of other sports disciplines. The objective of the research was to propose educational actions based on the approach to relevant personalities of the Cuban revolutionary process to improve the motivation of children for this game. A pre-experimental investigation of an interdisciplinary nature was carried out, linking the learning of chess with the History of Cuba in infants who are beginning to practice the sport of Chess. Theoretical level methods were used such as: analysis and synthesis, historical logic and induction deduction. At an empirical level, the observation of performance, as well as an initial test based on a survey questionnaire and another final one to evaluate the modification of their behavior regarding Chess and the History of Cuba. The participation of the practitioners in the school under study was increased and they achieve greater motivation in their practices.