Integral human development is a key element for bringing about the required changes by today’s world and its issues. This article points out the results of a research that aimed to determine the impact of a didactic strategy based on meaningful learning and social pedagogy, for the integral human development of Tenth grade students of an institution in the town of Tuluá, Colombia in 2022. The background review could show that students learn significantly through recreational activities and teamwork and in the studies where the ACRA test was applied, it was found that the scale learners used the least was recovery, to evaluate its four factors. A sequential mixed design was performed, with quantitative information collection for the first moment and, in the second moment, a qualitative information collection; quantitative data was collected using the ACRA test along with seven field diaries and a focus group. It stands out in the quantitative results improvement in the search factor encodings, in the written response factor it is observed that students continue to use it with low frequency. With the analysis tool Code Document Atlas.ti, qualitative results were identified in the cognitive, sociocultural and emotional aspect, such as interest, participation, taste and ease of learning through recreational activities and teamwork, showing advantanges for each other with this. It is concluded that the didactic strategy allowed students to be more aware of their previous knowledge, strengthen and transfer skills through the scaffolding process that relate to meaningful learning, problem solving and positive interaction experiences that contribute to its development.