Gestión pedagógica para la Educación Intercultural Bilingüe en el cantón Otavalo, Ecuador

Abstract

This article proposes academic managment as a tool for strengthening Intercultural Bilingual Education in the Otavalo canton, Ecuador. The problema arises in the emergence of the virtual modality of teaching during the pandemic produced by COVID-19, where the already existing educational and socioeconomics crises in community contexts worsened, wich hindered the application of the educational model in the territory. The objective of the reaseach was to analyze the pedagogical management for teaching, from the integration of substantive university funtions. To do this, the methodology of Educational Action- Research was used, with the voluntary participation of 16 teachers of elementary school. Through the four investigative phases proposed by the methodology and, applying the focus group and participant observation as techniques, the results show positive changes in the aspects conceived in the methodological desing:a) teacher- studen relationship; b) lesson planning; c) virtual teaching tool; d) active methodologies for learning; e) forms of evaluation and pedagogical support for students with learning difficulties. The investigative process was carried out through the integration of the substantive university functions: academia, research and links with the society. The conclusions emphasize pedagogical management as a fundamental element for the stregthening of Bilingual Intercultural Education, based on teaching experiences. On the othe hand, it is shown that the integration of the substantive functions consolidates the theoretical – practical relationships of university students in a process of transforming critical action on reality.