Estudio descriptivo fenomenológico sobre el liderazgo pedagógico de los directores en tres centros particulares de educación inicial en la ciudad de Guayaquil

Abstract

The present work is a descriptive investigation about pedagogical leadership. It was based on the styles and types of leadership of three early childhood education principals in the city of Guayaquil. The research was prepared with a qualitative and phenomenological designed approach, in order to know personal experiences, activities, and functions performed by principals of an early childhood education centers. In the framework of this research, data collection was carried out through structured and semi-structured interviews. The categories of analysis in this investigation, are based on the Self-Assesment for Administratros of Child Care Programs, proposed by the Institute for Early Chidhood Professional Development.the coding of the analysis categories was organized and analyzed through the use of Atlas Ti program, after carrying out the respective transcription of the interviews. The protagonist of this research showed that their management style is guide by democratic leadership style, since they consider the active participation of their work team, and their intervention in making decision is very important. In addition, they have skill and abilities associated with the different types of leaders, this means, that there is a fusion of types of leaders as autocratic, human, educational, symbolic and cultural aspects.