VISUAL CULTURE AS A STRATEGY FOR TEACHING CONTEMPORARY GEOMETRY: Reflections and Proposals

Johan Méndez-Reyes; Pedro González-Rivera; Marcela Elizabeth Cadena-Figueroa

doi:10.62161/revvisual.v17.6040

VISUAL CULTURE AS A STRATEGY FOR TEACHING CONTEMPORARY GEOMETRY: Reflections and Proposals

Johan Méndez-Reyes
, Pedro González-Rivera
, Marcela Elizabeth Cadena-Figueroa

Educational Innovation Group Information and Communication Technologies in the Teaching-Learning Process (GIE-TICEA)
Research Group on Scientific Education and Information (GIEDIC)

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This article proposes a pedagogical reflection on the importance of raising teachers' awareness to recognize the value of the urban environment, especially the architecture of Guayaquil, as a visual resource for teaching geometry. From a qualitative and descriptive approach, a theoretical review is conducted, and using visual culture as a connecting axis, three buildings with geometric richness and heritage value are presented, along with a didactic sequence. Additionally, an educational itinerary with technological extension is proposed that projects the proposal into the 21st century. It invites us to re-signify the city as an expanded classroom and visual text.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	141-152
Number of pages	12
Journal	VISUAL Review. International Visual Culture Review / Revista Internacional de Cultura
Volume	17
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.62161/revvisual.v17.6040
State	Published - 20 Sep 2025

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Keywords

Geometric thinking
Pedagogical awareness Educational technology
Teaching geometry
Teaching itinerary
Teaching visual culture
Urban environment

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