“Análisis Comparativo de la Gestión Pedagógica de Dos Escuelas Fiscales de la Ciudad de Cuenca”

Abstract

In this paper we present a comparative analysis of the pedagogical management of two urban and public educational schools that was carried out in the city of Cuenca. One of them, called School A, has a conventional management model. The other institution, called School B, constitutes an educational innovation based in learning environments. Our goal is to establish which of the two models favors the academic results of the students. The research has a mixed approach (quantitative-qualitative) with 3 essential components: Academic results, Pedagogical management in the school and Pedagogical management in the classroom. For the first component, a test was applied to 7th grade students of Basic General Education (EGB) to measure their performance in the areas of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. The second and third components were approached through ethnography to directly observe the environment, situations and events in real conditions in both educational contexts. The results indicate that School B has better results in both subjects and that the difference is statistically significant. The main differences that explain the best grades of school B are: collaborative work between teachers and between students, use of formative assessments, longer learning time, greater demand for direction towards teachers, feedback from teachers within the classroom, use of student qualifications for decision making, distribution of teachers in the classrooms according to their preparation and experience and greater teaching and technological resources.