Dificultad en el uso de las herramientas tecnológicas y calidad educativa en educación inicial en tiempos de pandemia

Abstract

The present research entitled: "DIFFICULTY IN THE USE OF TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL QUALITY IN INITIAL EDUCATION IN TIMES OF PANDEMIC" being the problem found the deficient use of technological tools in the online classes of the children of initial of the school of Basic Education "Vicente Rocafuerte" of the canton Pasaje, Province of El Oro, having as main objective: To determine the relationship that exists between the difficulty in the use of technological tools and the educational quality in initial education in times of pandemic. The proposed work is quantitative with descriptive-correlational design and cross-section. In addition to the bibliographic review found in scientific databases, the international and national background on the field of action, the instruments used for data collection were a semistructured interview, aimed at teachers of initial education to know their perspective on technological tools within virtual education, and the direct observation guide applied to children in virtual accompaniments to observe and evaluate the criteria regarding educational quality in virtual education in times of pandemic, and then move on to the systematization and analysis of information where it was shown that teachers only make use of basic technological tools due to the lack of knowledge, in the same way in children the disinterest and demotivation during the development of virtual classes was reflected. As a result of the above, an integrative proposal for training workshops on the use of technological tools was proposed. One of the relevant conclusions of this study indicates that if there is a significant relationship between the difficulty in the use of technological tools by teachers and the educational quality received by infants in initial education in times of pandemic, the same that has allowed to determine the importance of the appropriate use that teachers must give to technological tools within the virtual modality, to generate dynamic and motivating environments that guarantee a quality teachinglearning process in infants.