The activity, framed in the celebration of the 14th anniversary of the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, included various presentations and delivery of teaching material prepared by academics from the institution.

In room 118 of the History and Geography Pedagogy program at the University of La Serena, the Seminar Workshop ''Development of Cognitive Skills and Didactic Resources for Learning History and Geography'' was recently held, which was attended by about 50 teachers of the specialty.

The director of the Department of Social Sciences of the state campus, Dr. Fabián Araya, explained that this is one of the activities of connection with the environment that the program develops annually with a network of teachers, made up mostly of graduates of the program. undergraduate degree from the University, which also allow professionals to be supported in their teaching function.

That is why the day included the conferences ''Presence of Indigenous Peoples in History Textbooks'', by Dr. Erika Zúñiga, from the ULS Department of Education, and ''Development of Cognitive Skills and their Classroom Application'' (EDUCREA materials), from Mg. Ximena Cortés, from the Department. of Cs. Social ULS and English Catholic School of La Serena.

In addition, the books ''Making a City and Citizen Participation'' and ''Learning Guides for the Development of Cognitive Skills in Geographic Education'', by the Mg. Carmen Varela, academic of the Dept. of Cs. Social ULS, and Mg. Sandra Álvarez, director of the School of Pedagogy in History and Geography of this corporation, respectively.

The Mg. Sandra Álvarez also provided detailed information to attendees regarding the 2014 accreditation process of the Pedagogy in History and Geography degree.

For his part, Mg. Juan Carlos Cura, teacher of the Department of Social Sciences and The International School, invited schools to participate in the month of July in the 2014 Youth Parliament ''For Peace and Solidarity'', an initiative promoted by said unit and the establishment with the support of Diario El Día, and whose purpose is to implement debate as a form of knowledge construction and participation, as a tool of civic education, along with promoting a space for institutionalized dialogue between middle school students. 

It is worth mentioning that the Seminar Workshop ''Development of Cognitive Skills and Didactic Resources for Learning History and Geography'' was part of the activities to celebrate the 14th anniversary of the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences of the U. de La Serene.