Educational quality as seen from the perspective of pedagogical management, innovation and learning environments: A diagnostic study

Abstract

Pedagogical management, educational innovation and learning environments are fundamental components that complement each other to guarantee educational quality. The study presented here is the result of the research project Quality of the educational process, through pedagogical management, educational innovation and learning environments, in institutions of the Ecuadorian General Basic Education, developed by students and teachers of the Basic Education course at the Instituto Superior Universitario Espíritu Santos in the city of Guayaquil, and aims to characterise the current state of the quality of educational processes, through pedagogical management, educational innovation and learning environments, in educational institutions in the city of Guayaquil. The research followed a qualitative methodology of an exploratory and hermeneutic type; methods such as analysis-synthesis and inductive-deductive were used, within the empirical methods observation, survey, interview and documentary review were used; reaching the conclusion that when pedagogical management, innovation and learning environments are combined effectively, enriching educational environments are created that promote academic success, emotional well-being and the integral development of students, which translates into educational quality.