Competencias mediáticas en niños y niñas de inicial 2 y primer grado de educación general básica de la Unidad Educativa Mario Rizzini de la ciudad de Cuenca, provincia del Azuay, Ecuador, año lectivo 2018-2019.

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Abstract:The research topic is called Media competences in boys and girls of Initial 2 and First Grade of Basic General Education of the Educational Unit Mario Rizzini of the city of Cuenca, province of Azuay, Ecuador, school year 2018-2019 ; The general objective was to make a diagnosis of the level of media competencies in children; the research was qualitativequantitative; The methods used are: descriptive, inductive-deductive, analytical-synthetic and the techniques of documentary and field analysis; a survey was applied to 151 students; At the end of the study it is concluded that the dimensions of media competencies are included in the curriculum implicitly and also explicitly, because in some of the objectives and methodological strategies that are mentioned, reference is made to the use of ICTs; Therefore, it is recommended that the Ministry of Education in the new school texts clearly include the six dimensions of media competencies to be worked in the classrooms.