Pedagogical Practice As A Learning Scenario For The Traditional Construction Of Rammed Earth Walls

Construction drives the economic development of a country, so it seeks to minimize the environmental impact by implementing sustainable construction practices, being traditional construction an effective, economical and environmentally friendly alternative. Higher education in its teaching process seeks to train professionals in construction with skills and capabilities, where actions, processes and methods respond to the existing and emerging needs of the industry and the population. The Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander, generates spaces of pedagogical practices so that civil engineers are trained in values and ancestral knowledge as construction with tapia, using the methodology of learning by doing through practical workshops, creating the necessary competences for the future professional. The pedagogical practice was carried out in Barichara - Santander possessing a wealth of materials, from its territory. With this practice, the appropriation of technical, regulatory and cultural knowledge of the area was achieved, with the transmission of the knowledge of experts in Barichara and the realization of construction processes based on earth such as the construction of walls in walls.