La virtualidad en la educación inicial en el contexto Covid-19

Abstract

Education during the pandemic was adapted to new work methodologies, the initial level had to face the teaching-learning processes in the face of various technological devices, the game-work methodology that is taught in classrooms was left aside and incorporated new educational processes at home with digital tools, for this reason, this research analyzes the influence of virtuality in the teaching-learning process at the initial level. This study had a quantitative approach with a descriptive scope. The technique was the survey and the instrument: questionnaire, with multiple choice questions, addressed to teachers and parents, as direct actors in the teaching of children, where the advantages and disadvantages of the virtual modality in the educational process. The results of the surveys of nursery school teachers indicated that the influence on learning was negative in the virtual modality, because the teaching performance was truncated by the lack of training, connectivity failures, asynchronous classes, lack of digital resources, while the results of the parent surveys indicated that the influence was positive on the learning of their sons and daughters, because the institution provided all the necessary tools for the virtual modality to be optimal. Finally, it is concluded that institutions must have adequate technological resources to develop the digital skills of all educational actors, but it is also urgent that teachers challenge, overcome and incorporate ICT in education