ABSTRACT
Rural education has faced challenges in recent years related to difficulties in the population's access to school and little or no connection to information networks, which were more evident in times of pandemic. This article is the result of doctoral research Parental role and education in times of pandemic. Experiences in a unitary school in rural Pennsylvania. Caldas-Colombia. It shows the research works establishing a relationship between rural education, technology, pandemic, constructivism, and parental role. Fifty studies from various sources were addressed between 2017 and 2021. The methodology was based on the documentary analysis described by Quintana and Montgomery, and state of the art was addressed by levels, where the study of international research was done, then Latin American, and finally the national and regional ones. In the analysis of the investigations, it was found that, in many countries, especially in rural areas, the population faces problems with an internet connection, difficulties in infrastructure and technological equipment, which has hindered the continuity of daily life, the coverage, and quality of education in times of covid-19.