Competencias mediáticas en los niños y niñas de preparatoria y primer grado de Educación General Básica de la Escuela de Educación Básica Particular Hispanoamericano de la ciudad de Santa Rosa, provincia de El Oro

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Abstract:The mediatization of multimedia information has become a study problem, directly influencing different contexts and media dimensions of learning, this is where teachers as intermediaries of learning are obliged to incorporate methodological strategies into their class plans. potentialize the learning of students in terms of the treatment and manipulation of media competences, allowing them to use, review, criticize, manage and publish multimedia information responsibly. The present investigation is established as a process to diagnose the level of media competences in high school students and first grade of EGB of the Hispano-American Private School, for this 164 students were consulted, applying a questionnaire, which allowed to determine that the 87% have a low level of media skills, so teachers were recommended to promote curricular plans focused on strengthening these competences, making use of methodological strategies based on the situation method, which allows to develop classes in an interactive way and where the student is an active part of the formation of his knowledge.