Competencias mediáticas en niños y niñas de preparatoria y Subnivel de Básica Elemental. Estudio realizado en el Centro Educativo Guillermo Maldonado Valencia año lectivo 2018-2019

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Abstract:The research on Media Competencies in boys and girls of high school, second and third grade of General Basic Education of Ecuador, was carried out in the Educational Center "Guillermo Maldonado Valencia". The objective was to diagnose the level of media skills in children in the first, second and third years of Basic General Education. 158 students participated in the sample. In the development of the research work methods were used: deductive, inductive, analytical and synthetic, as well as the techniques of the survey and observation with their respective instruments: the questionnaire and the observation form. The analysis of data reflects a low media competence in the ideology and values ​​dimension, therefore a methodological strategy was designed that integrates the technological media in teaching-learning. It is considered dispersed media skills in the insertion to the general curriculum 2016, perhaps due to lack of knowledge, or poor teacher preparation, which limits its application in the classroom, so it is necessary to update teachers in the use of ICT to offer an education of quality according to the demands of the modern world.