ICT in rural schools: needs and training of teachers in Jipijapa Canton

Abstract

The coronavirus pandemic COVID-19 has claimed the lives of millions of people in the world, in Ecuador, the pandemic has hit society in the health, social, economic, political and educational fields. It is pertinent to indicate that teachers have good training in educational content, didactics and mastery of the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), which are tools that complement their innovative and significant practice. Despite this, there are still insufficiencies in the use of technologies, applied by teachers in the city of Jipijapa in their performance and the learning of their students. The objective was determined to implement training activities for teachers in the rural sector of this canton, so that they acquire and develop skills and competencies in the management of Information and Communication Technologies in the educational socio-technological area. A descriptive, retrospective study was carried out, using theoretical, empirical and statistical-mathematical methods, where the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet is used to determine the population sample to be investigated; Bibliographic antecedents were determined through theoretical and empirical methods such as: historical-logical, and analysis-synthesis and field observations, as primary information, in the same way the application of a survey is made in a significant sample to be investigated. The results obtained from the strategy implemented in this town, evidenced improvements in the training and development of inclusive educational communities, which fostered a favorable learning environment in the development of skills and competencies, interaction according to the levels of learning, needs and individualities of the participants, contributing to innovation and oriented towards equal rights and the integration of teachers and directors of educational institutions in rural areas.