Título: COVID-19, Didactic Practices, and Representations Assumed by Preservice Teachers at Universidad Técnica del Norte-Ecuador

Autor(es): BASANTES ANDRADE ANDREA VERENICE, BENAVIDES PIEDRA ANDRES GUILLERMO, GUERRA DAVILA ERIC OSWALDO, GUERRA REYES FRANK EDISON, NARANJO TORO MIGUEL EDMUNDO

Fecha de publicación: 08-mar-2023

Resumen: As an alternative for university students to continue their professional training during theCOVID-19 pandemic, higher education institutions implemented virtual learning modalities. In thiscontext, it was proposed to determine the social representations assumed by university students whoare pursuing their studies as future educators. It is presumed that representations related to didacticpractices are composed of content (knowledge, skills, and attitudes) and organization (central coreand representational system). This is an ethnographic study, with an available nonprobabilisticsample of 227 students from the primary education major at Universidad Técnica del Norte. Verbalassociation techniques and documentary research were used for information collection. To analyze thedata, the IRaMuTeQ software (R interface for texts and questionnaire multidimensional analysis) wasused. Two types of analyses were conducted: hierarchical classification and factorial correspondence.In conclusion, a virtuality with difficulties and a careful and responsible face-to-face modality areexpressed as meanings associated to the representations, both of which require qualitative changes.Regarding the organization, didactic practice complementarity is assumed to be integrated in a hybridlearning modality.

Palabras clave: COVID-19; POS-COVID-19; didactic practices; social representations; verbal associations;virtual education

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su15064770

ISSN: 2071-1050

Tipo publicación: Artículo