Andragogy reception in school education during the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru

The article addresses how the application of the principles of andragogy is perceived in basic education during the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru. This study has a naturist view, follows a research methodology with a phenomenological design and a quality approach. The analysis is engaged from an interview application semi structured as an instrument applied to twelve teachers in public and private institutions of basic regular education in Peru. Among the results it was found in the teachers training process changing from formal education to online had many issues in its execution due to lack of strategies and technological resources. Besides, most teachers expressed their unconformity with the loaded work process and training they received although they had improvements within their media capabilities. In this sense, teachers manifested the lack of the horizontal principle from the andragogy principle, opposite to this they developed the participation and synergy between professors to face challenges. Furthermore, its manifested in this study that due to the training and transitioning's process complexities some teachers decided to drop out of their educational facilities. The answers obtained offer information to forecast the teachers training in events of worldwide disaster such as COVID-19. According to the results obtained in this study we can have the teachers training process general view highlighting social inequity, educational and digital that has been installed for a long time in these educational systems, both public and private sectors. © 2022 IEEE.

Independent Films and Streaming Platforms: Access Difficulties for Peruvian Filmmakers

The pandemic caused by COVID-19 has created an uncertain scenario for independent films, forcing them to explore other exhibition opportunities and having streaming as the protagonist. In this context, identifying the access gaps that Peruvian cinema have for entering the international market in a digital environment is a topic of current interest. This article aims to identify the difficulties encountered by Peruvian independent films in order to enter the main platforms (Netflix, HBO, Amazon Prime, among others). The methodology used is based on semi-structured interviews conducted to Peruvian filmmakers who have had the experience of having their films via streaming. In order to understand better the object of study, an in-depth interview was conducted to the General Management of Guarango Cine y Video, which is a production studio specialized in post-production, delivery and preparation of films for digital platform. For analyzing the results, there is a classification proposal of difficulties: technical, economical, production and socio-cultural. These four categories and their effect on film circulation are the central axis of this research. The most important findings of the research suggest that economic issues and the lack of knowledge or planning in terms of distribution possibilities are the main and transversal difficulties encountered by independent Peruvian filmmakers to exhibit on streaming platforms. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.