TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE PEDAGOGICAL STRATEGIES IN VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: A STUDY IN COLOMBIA

Year 2022, Volume: 23 Issue: 1, 113 - 130, 01.01.2022

Carmen Rıcardo Barreto Humberto Llınas Solano Antonio Medına Rıvılla Maria Luz Cacheıro Gonzalez Alexander Vıllegas Mendoza Andrea Lafaurıe Vanessa Navarro Angarıta

https://doi.org/10.17718/tojde.1050372

Cited By: 4

Abstract

This article presents the results of the first phase of the project “Design, development and evaluation of an App to promote the development of Intercultural Competence and ICT Competence in teachers of Higher Education” that was carried out in the Department of Antioquia in Colombia. The main objective of the first phase of the study was to analyze the perceptions of higher education teachers about their Intercultural Competence “Culturally Appropriate Pedagogical Strategies” in Virtual Learning Environments. The study has a quantitative approach, with a descriptive and non-experimental design that allows observing and analyzing the phenomena of the study. To identify participants’ perceptions, a survey was conducted in which 69 teachers from various educational institutions in the Department of Antioquia in Colombia participated voluntarily.

Keywords

Intercultural competences, online learning, intercultural pedagogical practice, virtual learning environment

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