Desarrollo y evaluación de una experiencia piloto de mentoría con estudiantes de primer ciclo de Educación Superior a Distancia, Centro Universitario Asociado de Guayaquil, ciclo octubre 2014 – febrero 2015.

Abstract

This final project proposed by the UTPL degree through the Department of Education Sciences, lets meet the diverse needs of orientation (personal and academic) faced by students who start college. The objective of this thesis is to plan, develop and evaluate a pilot Mentoring Program based on the reality of undergraduate students Distance Mode of Guayaquil Regional Centre in the province of Guayas, in the academic year 2015 - 2016. To develop this project was sampled at the first level 7 students (mentees), a graduate student (mentor) and a tutor (counselor). The methods used were: Participatory Action Research, descriptive, analytical - synthetic, inductive and deductive, and statistical. The techniques used were: bibliographic research (reading, concept maps, summary) and field (observation, interview, survey, focus groups). In conclusion, this plan Mentoring must be implemented in students present difficulties in adjusting Distance Mode, to reduce the rate of early abandonment, strengthen self-learning process and culminating his career successfully.