Escuela para padres: co-formación para acompañar el desarrollo emocional infantil en estudiantes de 4 años de la U.E “Herlinda Toral”

Abstract

This study contributed to the emotional development of children through a space of co-training directed to the representatives. The main objective was to develop a school for parents through virtual workshops that promote emotional development in children from 4 to 5 years old of first child education "Herlinda Toral" Cuenca-Ecuador. For a better understanding, we proceeded to conduct a theoretical review that allowed us to know the subject in depth, contrasting different authors such as Goleman, Shapiro, Bisquerra and Havinghurst. The methodology is based on a socio-critical paradigm, has a qualitative approach, is descriptive and field-based, and we used action research as a method. The techniques used were participant observation, interviews and psychometric testing. The instruments used were the observation guide, the interview and the PERVALEX test, these were applied to the infants and the teacher of the initial level 2. Among the main results, we obtained that most of the infants presented the ability to express and perceive emotions, however, they did not show the ability to evaluate them. For this reason, wedesigned and applied a school for parents called "NaturEm: Knowing emotions" in order to support emotional development. Finally, we were able to conclude that through a co-training program for parents we were able to educate the family to become active agents in the emotional development of the children.