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ACOSTA BOOL, Juan  e  CASTILLO, Matilde. Didactic mediation as a methodological strategy. Case: Teenage Pregnancy . Revista de Investigación [online]. 2012, vol.36, n.77, pp.83-104. ISSN 1010-2914.

The numbers handled by international organizations for Venezuela about teenage pregnancy are not encouraging; this situation represents one of the main problems in public health. The following research has the purpose of interpreting the reach of the activities applied using Didactic Mediation strategies in a group of teenagers from an educative institution located in La Vega. The research was focused on a field design, descriptive and interpretative.The data gathering was done through mind maps, completed and built by the participants individually and in teams; an instrument for inquiring the reach of the activities was applied. The results obtained were categorized in relation to the educative pillars proposed by Delords, its interpretation allowed to infer that youth opinions and reflections must be considered when designing educative options. The activities which were carried on permitted the reflection about consequences of early age pregnancy to participants.

Palavras-chave : Teenage pregnancy; didactic mediation; perception and interpretation; mind maps.