Influencia de la desigualdad socioeconómica en la formación académica de los estudiantes de la carrera de sociología de la Utmach

Abstract

The socioeconomic inequality of the students of the Technical University of Machala is evident in the development of the teaching-learning processes; that are not fully used, the lack of resources does not allow them to obtain study materials and in times of pandemic they do not have good connectivity and do not have technological instruments or an adequate physical environment. The importance of research on the problem of socioeconomic inequality of students is a necessity, through the exposed results, it is possible to determine what are the existing inequities in the academic processes of professional training and to look for alternatives to solve this problem and obtain an equity. The general objective is to determine the influence of socioeconomic inequality in the academic training of the students of the Sociology career, to know what the existing inequalities are within the career, in order to eliminate all types of discrimination in the educational field, where students interact. The approach used in this research project is the empirical – inductive, which consists of opinions expressed through experience and omits scientific knowledge. The research technique used was the survey, which was carried out on the students of the Sociology career, made up of 219 students, using a sample of 125 young people, for the present study, an interview was also applied to the faculty in order to triangulate and validate information. The most important thing is to recognize what are the causes and consequences that limit the students of the career, which allows to demonstrate the problems exposed by the students, during their training process. The material conditions available to students for their online learning are limited, generating inequalities among students. Being notorious the problem, it is important to take actions to mitigate inequalities among students and promote smaller teaching environments for the benefit of young people. Through the results obtained, it was originated to propose the proposal; to reduce the rates of inequality among students, therefore, the implementation of an equality plan from the career was taken as a measure to help the current problem, if the authorities apply the plan already proposed, it will improve the quality of life of the students and the educational development of all university students.