Estrategias didácticas utilizadas para la mediación pedagógica en entornos virtuales de aprendizaje: Percepción del estudiantado de la Práctica Profesional Preescolar de la UNED, Costa Rica

Abstract

The health crisis caused by the COVID-19 led to adaptations in pedagogical mediation so that students could continue virtually. Now the question arises whether the strategies used by teachers for pedagogical mediation facilitate pedagogical links in the process of preschool professional practice of the Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED) mediated virtually. The research was conducted using a qualitative approach, and self-administered questionnaires and learning diaries, which were applied to the student population and teachers of the practicum. The results show that the strategies used for this training process promote the pedagogical link and are directly related to the way of mediation, specifically with the intentionality of the initial training process in the practicum. The most significant result shows that in environments where pedagogical links occur, the teacher sees students as active subjects, provides spaces for students to find their own voices, and there is transcendence between students and the object of learning, recognizes students as subjects in a social context and generates a relationship based on respect and recognition of the other.