Learning strategies applied to developing competence in specialization internship Plan 2016, in the major of Communication for Development at UNAN- Managua.

Abstract

The present research aims to describe the key learning that strengthens the professional competencies achieved by students who took the last Specialization Internships of Plan 2016. It should be noted that the selected sample is random by convenience, where 15 students of Communication for Development of the third year, morning shift of III years, II Semester 2022 were taken from a total of 42 students enrolled. As for the research design, it is based on the positivist paradigm, according to Ballina (2004) "The positivist paradigm, also called quantitative paradigm, empirical analytical rationalist, is the dominant paradigm... the positivist or naturalist paradigm is characterized by the high interest in the verification of knowledge through predictions" (P. 3).  The present research is observational transversal of descriptive type because the students, based on an observational visit to Channel 6, to know the work areas and its facilities, reflected and compared between the learning process achieved from the classroom and its relationship with the media. Regarding the learning from the Specialization Internships and the visit to the field of action such as Channel 6 in the year 2022, 9.75% of the men and 24.39% of the women agreed that camera handling, editing, improvisation, diction, and dynamism should be improved, since writing, interview handling and including cultural, social, historical and political topics were strengthened during the course of the major, participation in the Victory Units and the Communication System. In conclusion, the Specialization Internships strengthened the institutional identity, developing skills and abilities through the different tools, formats, informative genres, and learning for life from the dialogue of knowledge.