La gamificación y el desarrollo de habilidades sociales en niños del subnivel de preparatoria en machala,2023.

Abstract

The present investigation arises thanks to the problems found within the process of pre-professional practices in a school in the city of Machala, where it was observed that in high school classrooms teachers teach classes in a traditionalist manner, ignoring techniques such as gamification, necessary for the development of social skills at this sublevel. That is why, to develop this work, the general objective was set, which is “Determine the relationship of gamification in the development of social skills in high school children.”, which carried out a quantitative approach research, with a correlational scope and a non-experimental design. For data collection, three instruments were applied, an observation guide for high school teachers consisting of fifteen articles that were applied at three different times, in the same way a second observation guide was applied aimed at children with a total of fifteen items, finally a survey was carried out with three questions to the teachers, related to the two variables, these instruments were applied to a population of 131 children and a sample of 62, in addition to 4 teachers. Through the analysis of the instruments, it is shown that there are two problems, the first is the lack of application of gamification in the teaching and learning process by teachers and the second is a poor development of social skills in children. After the investigation carried out, it is considered that there is a lack of knowledge about the theory of this technique and the application process, which is why a training workshop aimed at high school teachers is proposed.