Caracterización de las competencias profesionales del educador infantil ecuatoriano

Abstract

Abstract: This research work, Characterization of the Professional Competencies of the Ecuadorian Early Childhood Educator, proposes a general objective: Identify the main professional competencies of early childhood education and first-grade teachers for constructing a pedagogical intervention proposal that allows improvement in its educational practice. This research design is non-experimental and transectional, with a mixed approach and descriptive scope. For data collection, an ad hoc questionnaire called Professional teaching competencies in the Ecuadorian early childhood educator was applied, comprised of 70 questions aimed at obtaining information on eight professional competencies of the early childhood educator. A non-probabilistic sampling was carried out for the convenience of volunteers participants, obtaining a sample of eleven teachers from the Colegio Menor Samborondón in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The results of this study allow us to identify that the leading professional competencies of the early childhood educator are those related to the pedagogical, planning, and organization fields. Likewise, it is found that the competition with the most minor frequency of application is technological.