Diagnóstico de aspectos estructurales y procesuales de la calidad de un centro de Educación Inicial pública del Cantón Balzar

Abstract

This research carried out in the canton of Balzar, aims to diagnose the level of quality of a children's education center. To this end, an assessment was carried out on the structural and processual aspects of quality. The investigation involved one director, five teachers, eighty-five legal representatives. Thanks to direct observation and the use of standardized tools, it was possible to scan the different aspects that determine the level of quality of this institution. The variables evaluated were: learning environments, adult-child interactions, family perceptions and self-perceived leadership of children's center managers. The tools used were: PICCOLO, ECERS, Self Assesment for Child Care Administrators and Scale of Perceptions of Families on The Child Education Service. In reference to the results, the need to focus actions to improve the interactions, leadership skills of the manager and some aspects of the learning environments is checked, since these criteria, obtained low and medium scores. Subcategories are identified in need of improvement, such as: space for coarse motor play, equipment for motor activities, interactions between staff and child, activities, interactions between children, interaction and cooperation. The purpose of this identification of aspects of improvement is to provide the institution with recommendations and points of action to be taken to achieve better levels of educational quality, both of the initial level and that of the first year of basic education. These suggestions are aimed at the authorities and teachers, who will be responsible for initiating, monitoring and evaluating the processes that progressively lead to improving the quality of the institution.