Gender Perspective as part of Quality: Perceptions of Chilean Students on the Online VET

In this research we propose to analyse the quality of online VET training from a critical perspective, by incorporating a Gender Perspective with a Cyberfeminist focus -GP(CyberFem)-, as part of its quality. In this way, we aim to contribute to the problematisation of VET training in virtual environments and the current intersections between gender, feminisms, technologies and education. To this end, we designed, validated and applied a questionnaire to 1,073 online VET students from 12 higher education institutions in Chile. The objectives were to find out students’ perception of quality and the value that GP currently has and should have in their studies. The findings indicate that students perceive that in the current scenario of their institutions, GP(CyberFem) as part of quality is valued from aspects linked to interactions and dialogue between students and teachers, while in the expected scenario they point out the importance of aspects linked to accompaniment, conflict mediation and student participation. The most important significant differences in the responses are observed in terms of the gender variable, which reaffirms the importance of problematizing online training with a cyberfeminist gender perspective.