Psychopedagogical tutoring process. An aproach in State Technical University of Quevedo, Ecuador

Abstract

The improvement of the process of psychopedagogical tutoring, at the State Technical University of Quevedo, constitutes one of the fundamental purposes that can certainly contribute to the development of its educational model, since it favorably affects the results of the integral training of university students. To achieve these purposes, it is necessary to determine the initial state of this process, so the research was carried out with the objective of characterizing the current situation of the psycho-pedagogical tutoring process at the State Technical University of Quevedo, Ecuador. Part with a theoretical study of the research object, which allowed to take advantage of the main characteristics to be taken into account in the operational definition of the variable, on which six dimensions were determined, related to the types of tutoring; its programming; tutor preparation; use of techniques and instruments; motivation and satisfaction of those involved. A student survey, interview for teachers-tutors and analysis of documents was applied to a sample of the population universe, made up of 350 students and 64 teachers who agreed to participate. The tabulation and analysis of the surveys was carried out using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) program. The aim was to generate alternatives that identify university institutional circumstances, with similar situations that occur in the country and in Latin America.