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

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Abstract: This study analyzes professional competencies in Early Childhood Education and their link with vocation and ethical training in teachers from public institutions. The general objective was to analyze the relationship between professional competencies with vocation and ethics, within the framework of Ecuador's prioritized curriculum, in order to design a didactic innovation proposal. A mixed approach with a non-transversal design was followed. The Questionnaire: Teachers 360°: competencies, vocation and ethics was applied to 10 teachers from public institutions in Ecuador. Results show that there is a relationship between professional competencies with vocation and ethics, with a p-value of 0.52. In addition, teachers present favorable levels in most skills, highlighting socioemotional skills. In response to this, the innovative pedagogical proposal "MagiApron: The Apron that Speaks, Thinks and Feels" presents both physical and digital activities to promote the development of communicational, logical-mathematical and socioemotional skills in children aged 3 to 5 years.