Competencias profesionales en la Educación Inicial y su vínculo con la vocación y la formación ética

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Abstract: This research analyzed professional competencies and their link to teacher ethics education and training in Ecuadorian Early Childhood Education. A mixed-method approach, descriptive in scope, was employed with a non-probability sample of 10 female educators from Cayambe, Quito and Loja, to whom the 360° Questionnaire of Professional Skills was applied. The results confirm the relationship between professional skills, vocation and ethics (p = 0.84), evidencing that educators possess optimal levels in most of the assessed aspects; the dimensions of vocation/personal development and ethical formation are especially highlighted, with 93.7 % and 92.6% acceptance. From the diagnosis, the innovative pedagogical proposal Small Steps, Big Worlds was designed, where physical and digital resources were combined in order to enhance communicative and logical-mathematical skills in children aged 3 to 5 years.