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

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Abstract: This research, "Professional Competencies in Early Childhood Education and Their Link to Vocation and Ethical Training," aimed to analyze the relationship between the professional competencies of early childhood educators, their teaching vocation, and their ethical training within the framework of Ecuador's prioritized curriculum, with the purpose of designing an innovative pedagogical proposal. A mixed-methods approach was used, with a non-experimental and descriptive design. The "Teachers 360: Competencies, Vocation, and Ethics" questionnaire was administered to a total of 11 teachers from public, private (secular), municipal, and municipal institutions. The results showed that teaching vocation and ethical training positively contribute to the strengthening of professional competencies, yielding a p-value of 0.82. Among the dimensions analyzed, the skills that achieved the highest level of fulfillment were logical-mathematical skills, at 95.2%. Based on these findings, the didactic innovation proposal called KidNova Apron was designed, aimed at strengthening digital skills, pedagogical innovation and the application of active methodologies in the teaching-learning processes in 4-year-old children.