The managerial and educational performance as an opportunity to improve the educational quality

Abstract

The research investigates the perceptions of managers and teachers about educational quality and the main difficulties facing education today. It also evaluates the teacher's performance in the classroom, by observing the class and the permanent pedagogical reflection of the teaching processes. The latter being a priority task of the control organisms. In the research it was necessary to review the conceptual bases inherent to the teaching performance, pedagogical accompaniment, leadership, learning strategies and the quality of teaching. The study methodology was based on the qualitative approach, supported by two techniques. The observation of the class with the technical instrument called the observation tab, which allowed visualizing how the teaching and learning processes are carried out. And the semi-structured interview applied to a sample of 43 investigated among teachers and managers of Zone 9, Province of Pichincha. The results obtained from these instruments allowed to know the real strengths and weaknesses existing in teaching.

Finally, it was determined that the activities proposed to develop the class have little relation to each other, do not attend to a pedagogical approach, nor to a method, technique, strategy or teaching process. In addition, the teaching focuses on the teacher, who exposes their knowledge, while the student's participation is minimal. These and other findings allowed us to conclude that managerial and teaching performance influence learning and maintaining traditional pedagogical practices will not contribute to the improvement of the quality of teaching.