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

Abstract

This research has as its main purpose to prevent dropout through the implementation of a pilot project for mentoring undergraduates distance mode, with a view to promote the improvement of the quality of academic counselors and processes the emergence of a culture of support, favoring the significant learning. It was held in the city of Guayaquil, 2015, involved four students, the methods used are: - students first face mentoring Participatory Action Research, descriptive, analytical synthetic, inductive and deductive, and statistical, the following instruments were used , informative data sheet format, expectations and fears, needs guidance questionnaires, survey control reading mentors, evaluation of the first meeting of mentoring and the end of the mentoring process. The work with the mentees had positive results, they managed to finish the first half, but failed to pass all subjects, there was a mostly positive attitude to study more next semester and continue his career. Mentoring a new strategy is proposed: the Manual mentor