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Submitted April 5, 2022
Published 2022-04-05

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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2022): Revista Colegiada de Ciencia

SOCIO-EMOTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TOTAL QUARANTINE DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, FOR A GROUP OF UNIVERSITY ADOLESCENTS FROM DIFFERENT AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE, UNIVERSITY OF PANAMA.

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Published: 2022-04-05

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Pérez, M. E., Morales, G., & Murillo, D. (2022). SOCIO-EMOTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TOTAL QUARANTINE DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, FOR A GROUP OF UNIVERSITY ADOLESCENTS FROM DIFFERENT AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE, UNIVERSITY OF PANAMA. Revista Colegiada De Ciencia, 3(2), 73–89. Retrieved from https://revistas.up.ac.pa/index.php/revcolciencia/article/view/2854

Abstract

Research with a qualitative approach, ethnographic approach and with a focus group technique; The purpose was to contextualize the experiences related to the socio-emotional and educational dimension of a group of university adolescents in the face of total quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The informants in total 50, all second-year students at the CRU of Veraguas, were divided into three focus groups according to the Faculty where they studied: Exact Sciences, Humanities and Nursing. The instrument, a semi-structured interview with eight guiding questions. The collection of information and its analysis was done through the filming of the synchronous session of each focus group, it was coded twice, the first open and the second closed. In the socio-emotional dimension, the experiences linked to the total quarantine include the sensation of mobility restriction and consequently affectation of freedom, divided considerations about the effectiveness of the measure to contain the disease, emotions experienced such psychosomatics commented, such as insomnia, irritability, headaches. They took refuge in coping mechanisms such as: spirituality, family union, virtual meetings, social networks and home entertainment. In the educational dimension, the challenge was not to drop out of the degree given virtual teaching and the as fear, sadness, anxiety, stress, worry and desire to see friends. As for changes in their health, that lack of technological tools and skills to manage them; to continue studying they adapted corners in their homes, invested in the internet and moved in with relatives who had home internet. They consider that it is possible to learn in virtual teaching, but it depends on the teacher's skills on the subject, on the tools that the student has and also on the type of content of the courses, not all of them can be taught in virtuality.

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