Between What is Urgent and What is Important in the face of the Return to the University Campus

Abstract

In view of the imminent return to on-site classes after two years of working from home, it is necessary to review the factors that the university community must take into account to ensure a safe return, because although it is true that the number of cases of infected people has decreased, the pandemic has not yet ended; this research aims to gather information to analyze the urgent and important factors that must be considered before the return to on-site classes in the educational community of the Universidad Veracruzana. The dimensions considered in the study are biosafety, facilities, pedagogical-didactic strategies and emotional aspects. A quantitative methodology with descriptive scope was applied; a survey applied through Google Forms was used for data collection, and data analysis was performed through descriptive statistics. The population under study were students of the Pedagogy Faculties of the Xalapa and Veracruz region of the Universidad Veracruzana, among the most outstanding findings is the interest of students to return to classroom classes, they claim to have knowledge of biosafety protocols although it is mentioned that their main source of information are social networks, which generates distrust about the quality of their knowledge; they do not know if the infrastructure and facilities have been evaluated to be able to apply the appropriate protocols; in relation to didactic strategies, they consider that they should be diversified for both classroom and hybrid work; they consider that attention to emotional factors is essential for a successful return.