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The Covid-19 outbreak caused transition from face-to-face teaching to Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT). Due to the hastily and disorganized implementation of ERT considerable difficulties were caused for all the students. Aim of the present study was to investigate (i) parents' views of students with functional diversity regarding ERT during the Covid-19 pandemic and (ii) how their children's functional diversity affected participation in ERT. ERT proved to be an even greater challenge for those students, who faced various learning, psychological and technical problems that further hindered the learning process. In the current research, the views of 12 parents of students with functional diversity were collected with semi-structured interviews. A Modern Greek dataset of qualitative humanistic-linguistic data was created. A novel type of data analysis, combining qualitative descriptive analysis by hand and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based linguistic analysis was performed on the interview text. Results revealed (i) how those students responded to ERT, (ii) the way that their functional diversity affected their attendance on the online courses and (iii) how their parents evaluate the educational dimension of ERT along with any changes noticed in their children's psychological and emotional state. Parents' evaluations disclosed the overall negative impact of ERT on their children and presented their suggestions for meeting their children's special needs in case of ERT appliance in the future. The current research is considered significant as it investigates ERT impact on K-12 students with functional diversity during the Covid-19 pandemic, based on authentic humanistic data. Our research contributes on (i) the creation of this kind of dataset, as this particular group of students is hard to come by and their collection constitutes a significant contribution and (ii) the two-fold way data analysis methodology, which is novel, combining linguistic and qualitative processes (semantic and sentiment analysis), providing important findings.
RESUMO
La zona de desarrollo próximo es un concepto creado por Vigotsky que se refiere a la distancia que existe entre el desarrollo psíquico actual del sujeto y su desarrollo potencial. Por esta razón es un concepto de suma importancia para la educación en todos los niveles de enseñanza. El objetivo del presente artículo es describir cómo el concepto zona de desarrollo próximo se manifiesta en la educación superior médica cubana. Se explica la importancia de este concepto en los principios didácticos y se especifica cómo se utiliza en la formación de valores y mediante el uso de las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones. Se exponen las razones por las cuales la gestión del profesor ha de sustentarse en la ampliación de la zona de desarrollo próximo de sus estudiantes.
The concept near development zone was created by Vigotsky and refers to the distance between the present psychical development of the individual and his potential development. It is a concept of vital importance for education at all levels. The objective of the article is to describe how this concept behaves in the higher medical education in Cuba. The importance of this concept in the didactic principles were explained, as well as how it is used in the formation of values through the information and communication technologies. The reasons why the work of the professor has to be supported on the widening of the near development zone of their students were also stated.
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Educação Médica , Docentes , Tecnologia da Informação , Organização e AdministraçãoRESUMO
La zona de desarrollo próximo es un concepto creado por Vigotsky que se refiere a la distancia que existe entre el desarrollo psíquico actual del sujeto y su desarrollo potencial. Por esta razón es un concepto de suma importancia para la educación en todos los niveles de enseñanza. El objetivo del presente artículo es describir cómo el concepto zona de desarrollo próximo se manifiesta en la educación superior médica cubana. Se explica la importancia de este concepto en los principios didácticos y se especifica cómo se utiliza en la formación de valores y mediante el uso de las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones. Se exponen las razones por las cuales la gestión del profesor ha de sustentarse en la ampliación de la zona de desarrollo próximo de sus estudiantes.(AU)
The concept near development zone was created by Vigotsky and refers to the distance between the present psychical development of the individual and his potential development. It is a concept of vital importance for education at all levels. The objective of the article is to describe how this concept behaves in the higher medical education in Cuba. The importance of this concept in the didactic principles were explained, as well as how it is used in the formation of values through the information and communication technologies. The reasons why the work of the professor has to be supported on the widening of the near development zone of their students were also stated.(AU)
