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

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Abstract: The present study "Professional Competencies in Early Childhood Education and their Link with Vocation and Ethical Training" aimed to analyze the relationship between professional competencies, ethics, and vocation in the context of Ecuador's Prioritized Curriculum, with the goal of developing an innovative proposal. To achieve this, a mixed approach with a non-experimental and descriptive design was followed. The "360º Teachers Questionnaire: competencies, vocation, and ethics" was applied to 13 teachers working in private educational institutions in Ecuador. The results revealed a positive relationship between ethics and vocation with professional competencies, with a p-value of 0.77. Additionally, it was observed that the majority of teachers have optimal levels in the evaluated dimensions, among which socio-emotional skills stand out. Therefore, the innovative pedagogical proposal "Adventure Apron" combines digital and physical activities with the aim of strengthening socio-emotional skills, digital skills, and pedagogical and didactic innovation in children aged 3 to 5 years.