Educomunicación sobre la educación inclusiva para estudiantes con discapacidades diferentes en la Universidad Polítecnica Salesiana sede Quito

Abstract

The problem that this academic article addresses is that students with disabilities are excluded by their peers and teachers within the classroom. That is why the creation of this program of the UNESCO Chair Support Technologies for Educational Inclusion, which provides pedagogical support by giving them tutors who are from the Basic Education and Initial Education careers, who provide the pedagogical help that the student needs with disability. The general objective of this research is to analyze the UNESCO Chair in Technologies to Support Educational Inclusion from the lens of educommunication, particularly considering people with specific educational needs within the Salesian Polytechnic University, Girón campus. Through a mixed methodology, surveys were carried out on the teaching staff and the beneficiaries of this program; as well as several interviews with the directors of the initiative and several teachers. This research concludes that the UNESCO Chair in Technologies to Support Educational Inclusion has generated good educommunication practices that benefit the academic community, especially students at risk of exclusion.