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

Abstract

The present work was carried out in the associate university center "Alamor" of the canton Puyango, county Loja in the period October 2014-February 2015 with 7 students of first cycle of the open modality and to distance of the UTPL, and 3 students counselored, the problem that was determined to carry out the mentoría work was a high reprehension index, I leave behind, and desertion attributed to the lack of interest, abilities or insufficient attention to the student's integral formation; taking into account this problem the objective arose of helping the student by means of orientations, advice and accompaniment to manage the processes of their development so much academic as personal and this way to prevent the abandonment or reprehension of their studies; the descriptive method was used analytic- synthetic, inductive, deductive and statistical; the techniques that were used for the field investigation were the interview, the survey and the focal groups finally we lean on of instruments like shops and questionnaires; with the orientation it was achieved the student to know her options, analyze them, meditate, and make decisions adapted in all her academic trajectory and her process of personal development in the university