Caracterización de las competencias profesionales de los docentes de educación infantil ecuatoriano

Abstract

Abstract: This research has been carried out with the general objective of investigating the strengths and weaknesses in teaching competencies. This research has been carried out in different educational environments, both public and private, in modalities such as children's centers and CNH of Mies. Some of these were located in the city of Ibarra, others in Quito and Baños. The sample was obtained from 10 early childhood education teachers who work in the aforementioned children's centers. With the qualitative method of a survey carried out in Google form, which is classified by blocks according to the competencies. The results show that of the 100% of those surveyed, the most significant percentage was in pedagogical competencies, with 89.2% indicating greater strength. On the other hand, the lowest percentage was in technological competencies, with 67.4%, indicating that there is a deficiency in these competencies. In conclusion, the need to train teachers to improve their performance in technological competencies is recognized, offering as a proposal the training in tools and resources that exist to work with children virtually when necessary.