Percepción de los graduados de la Carrera de Educación General Básica en la Universidad de Cuenca sobre el proceso de formación en educación inclusiva durante el período 2020 - 2021

Abstract

The current system seeks to be inclusive to guarantee the full right of children and adolescents to quality education and equal opportunities. To this, they training of teachers particulary important, since they must have the knowledge, skills and competences necessary for the inclusive education. Hence, the objective of the research was to know the perception of the graduates of the Basic General Education career about their initial training in inclusive education. The study had a qualitative exploratory-descriptive approach and a case study design was used. The 2013 Basic General Education career plan was analyzed and semi-structured interviews were applied to 13 graduates of this career. The results indicate that the General Basic Education career plan establishes a professional profile with competencies for inclusive education, however, the low number of subjects related to this topic hindered its achievement; the graduates indicate that they received basic training on inclusive education, which allowed them to recognize and respect the characteristics of the students during the educational process; Finally, they indicate that the review of content such as curricular adaptations, differentiated evaluation and dealing with parents of students with special educational needs should be deepened and broadened. Concluding that in the Basic General Education career inclusive education is not a central topic in it is inicial formation