Virtudes escolares percibidas por estudiantes y docentes ecuatorianos: diferencias según sexo, establecimiento y roles, docente de la carrera de Educación Especial

Abstract

The objective of the study was to evaluate the perceived virtuousness in school organizations and the differences according type of school (fiscal, municipal); sex (woman, man) and role (students, teachers). This is an instrumental study based on the analysis of the factorial structure and the reliability of a questionnaire to evaluate virtues in schools (VPOE); and, a transversal descriptive study that analyzed differences according sex, role and type of school organizations in relation to perceived virtues. The study sample were 550 students (49.28% women) and 105 teachers (47.62% women). The factor analysis determined a four-factor model that explains 47.49% of the variance. The questionnaire showed adequate indicators of reliability. The multivariate analysis showed significant differences in favor of women (λ = 0.96; F (5,643) = 5.49; p < .01; η2p = 0.04), fiscal establishments (λ = 0.98; F (5,643) = 3.07; p < ,01; η2p = 0.02) and teachers (λ = 0.92; F (5,643) = 5.493; p < 0.010; η2p = 0.08) in relation to the dimensions of the VPOE. In this way, there is a brief instrument with adequate psychometric properties for the measurement of PVSO in Ecuadorian contexts. Significant differences were identified according the analyzed groups.