Identification of the Types of Strategies for the Development of Social Competencies in Virtual Environments of Management Students in Colombian Universities

The present study is directed towards the identification of the types of strategies for the development of social competences in virtual environments of administration students at Colombian universities. The sample is taken from a group of 25 teachers, who teach in the business administration program of a private university located in the city of Barranquilla, Colombia. A questionnaire consisting of a total of 15 items applied to this sample, which was validated by experts and its reliability was determined by means of the Cronbach's Alpha coefficient, yielding a value of 0.84. Thus, the results show the indicators of the dimension Types of strategies for the development of social competence, which in turn are organized into indicators as follows: Pre-instructional Strategies, Co-instructional Strategies and Post-instructional Strategies. Each of these indicators obtained a respective weighting of 2.89, 3.35 and 2.40. In relation to the teaching strategies for the development of social competence, which constitute the object of study of the research presented, low frequencies were obtained for this variable in its two dimensions, which reveals that the teachers in the sample exhibit low levels of application of these strategies in the classroom. This situation highlights the need to train students in this type of competencies, given their impact on the achievement of school success.