Manage emotions to promote comprehensive learning. Case study: Telesecundaria Valladolid, Yucatán, Méx.

Abstract

Adolescence is a stage of life characterized by a series of physiological, structural, psychological, social and cultural changes that condition mood and emotions. Socially, it is a period of life considered complicated. However, it is a key stage in the construction of self-concept and self-regulation of emotions. The students of a Telesecundaria located in Valladolid, Yucatán, Mexico; They are part of a vulnerable population that is still experiencing the effects of the COVID 19 pandemic; Because due to confinement, emotional, family and economic problems, among others, worsened. The emotional state that students go through has contributed to a significant percentage presenting low level of learning. Situation due to which the interest arises in investigating the binomial of emotions and learning. The general objective of the investigation is to promote appropriate management of emotions in students through the use of self-regulation tools to improve learning. A case study was used from a quantitative and qualitative methodology. A survey through Google forms was used to collect and analyze statistical data. The findings provide sufficient evidence that confirms the correlation between emotions and learning; the importance of favorable environments to enhance learning, as well as the need to provide students with strategies to self-regulate their emotions and successfully face the diversity of situations present in their lives.