Educational research and innovation: School challenge for COVID-19 in Ecuador (original) (raw)

The objective of the reflection article is to analyze educational research and innovation as school challenges for COVID-19 in Ecuador, using a descriptive documentary methodology and content analysis for information processing. It is evident that Latin America with an emphasis on Ecuador, requires the generation of educational and investment policies that promote research and innovation as a source of scientific production for the benefit of the population. This implies that they are not perceived as academic requirements for getting degrees or professional promotions, but it is pertinent to generate a vision based on the investing premise for integral growth through active project-based methodologies to solve problems, thus the natural spaces where students operate tend to constitute a global classroom.