Aplicación de las TIC para el reconocimiento de la diversidad sociocultural entre los estudiantes de Educación General Básica.

Abstract

Ecuador as a multicultural country is a destination for immigrants from various countries in the region. Paradoxically, the educational processes did not always welcome in their programs these particularities and diversity, in addition to other differences in their physical or psychological origin. Therefore, it is necessary to use a new approach that includes the plurality of students, highlighting Basic General Education (EGB). That is why this project aims to recognize sociocultural diversity through a campaign supported by the use of ICT to guarantee inclusion among EGB students. For which the analytical method was used, taking as a base technique a micro-curricular planning distributed in six weeks for the teaching-learning process, later an online survey was applied through Google Forms for subjects at this level of education. The results showed that the recognition of sociocultural diversity helped students in the development of social skills and inclusion of culturally diverse contents, as key elements were established within the Página 4 de 16 schedule, beginning, development and closing activities, which consequently helped to responding to the research hypothesis, the evidence shows an increase in integration and socialization among students, that is, it helped in the understanding of diversity by improving communication between them, thus managing to overcome barriers, in order to respect cultural diversity thanks to an inclusive education. In turn, this promoted an environment of respect and empathy which reduced both discrimination and abuse. In conclusion, the insertion of culturally representative and diverse elements as educational resources through ICT had a positive effect on the cognitive, emotional and volitional performance of the students. It should be noted that the development of communication and social skills was strengthened thanks to the application of a socioculturally individualized approach