Percepción sobre la educación virtual, en olescentes de la parroquia salasaca, durante la pandemia del covid-19

Abstract

Introduction: Due to COVID-19, the Ecuadorian government ruled confinement with suspension of educational activities, at all levels, this is the case of educational establishments, which welcome children and adolescents, in this case the second who had to accept a new education, the new modality unleashed countless disagreements, making notable the lack of preparation of the Ministry of Education regarding the use of technologies and the training of teachers, in the case of public schools, while in private schools, It was taken as a great challenge and only those with sufficient resources to face this change came to the fore. Objective: to analyze the perception of virtual education from the point of view of adolescents in the Salasaca parish during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methodology: the study has a qualitative approach, aimed at thinking about a social issue, in addition, the descriptive method with a field research design was used since the facts were transferred to the place, it was considered to apply a semi-structured interview as a technique for the collection data that was applied by the researcher going to the homes of adolescents; With a total of 13 interviews, the same ones that correspond to 7 women and 8 men, between 15 and 18 years old respectively, it was possible to obtain information about 13 students under study, based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: The results show that the reality of these is out of hand, since the teachers are not sufficiently qualified to teach the chair under this modality, however the economic status, in some homes were precarious, on the other hand, the individuals were not are familiar with this type of learning, it was observed that adolescents handled negative feelings due to confinement, and in other cases they reflected frustration, by not acquiring enough knowledge. Conclusions: Virtual education did not meet the expectations of the study subjects during the COVID-19 pandemic, as they considered that it was not adequate in relation to the face-to-face modality, to which they were accustomed.