Economic, Socio-affective and Academic Challenges of Returning to Face-to-Face Education Post-COVID-19: Students’ Experience
The objective of this paper is to describe the main challenges that the students of the Escuela de Secretariado Profesional (ESP) of the Universidad Nacional (UNA) of Costa Rica have experienced when returning to the face-to-face modality after having completed their studies throug...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Country: | Costa Rica |
| Institution: | Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Repository: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Language: | Spanish English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.revistas.una.ac.cr:article/20318 |
| Online Access: | https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/ensayospedagogicos/article/view/20318 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | COVID-19 impact on education post-COVID-19 face-to-face education challenges return to face-to-face education virtual education desafíos educación presencial pos-COVID-19 educación virtual impacto del COVID-19 en la educación regreso a la educación presencial |
| Summary: | The objective of this paper is to describe the main challenges that the students of the Escuela de Secretariado Profesional (ESP) of the Universidad Nacional (UNA) of Costa Rica have experienced when returning to the face-to-face modality after having completed their studies through virtuality for two years, as a result of the adjustments that were necessary in education due to the COVID-19 global pandemic; in addition, it is sought to know what strategies the ESP has adopted to favor the process of integrating students into face-to-face classes and what other curricular changes have been made to facilitate this population to continue their studies in the best way. The essay shows that the main challenges of returning to in-person education are categorized as economic, socio-affective, and academic. Among the actions promoted by the ESP to facilitate the students’ transition, there is the unification of days for virtual classes and the incorporation of new modalities in the curriculum. |
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