Desarrollo y evaluación de una experiencia piloto de mentoría con estudiantes de primer ciclo de Educación Superior a Distancia, Centro Universitario Asociado de Loja

Abstract

The university field involves a series of changes that mark the course of a new stage in student's life, there is sometimes little information, lack of study techniques, low motivation and disorganization of time, which entails to that the students arise feelings of frustration, even dropping out of college, for that reason is the need to implement a mentoring project at the UTPL, to promote and improve the processes of educational guidance and establish support processes that seek learning significant. This research provides a description of what it means mentoring, including the notable elements of a process of mentoring, in each session was counted with the participation of students of working degree, undergraduates and faculty advisers, implementation of strategies allowed consequent conclusions, such as lack of mastery of study skills, poor organization of time, it also stresses the presence of the mentor as a guide that allowed to establish a relationship of empathy and motivation, proposing a handbook as a reference for future processes of mentoring .