Universal Journal of Educational Research Vol. 9(4), pp. 734 - 740
DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2021.090404
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Educational Quality from Participation and Teamwork in an Ecuadorian Educational Institution

Nanci Coromoto Barrios Briceño ^*, María del Carmen Barniol Gutiérrez
Education School, Liberal Arts Faculty, Espiritu Santo University, Guayaquil, 092302 UEES, Ecuador

ABSTRACT

The educational quality is the most fundamental factor in every institution of education, and every level, because it determines high standards of learning and skills in the students. The educational quality was evaluated from an improvement plan based on participation and teamwork in a high school in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Through a quantitative and quasi-experimental study in two educative institutions, one control group and others experimental, the improvement plan was realized. Surveys were conducted in focal groups (teachers, parents and students), with questionnaires modified to EFQM model, before (pre-test) and after (post-test) the application of the improvement plan, to value the educative quality. The pre-test results show equal conditions in the perceptions of every group between both institutions (p > 0.05), while later, after the plan's application, significant differences (p < 0.05) were observed only between pre-test and post-test of the experimental institution which evidences an improvement in the perceptions, which allows concluding that there is an improvement in the educative quality perceived by the educational community. This study, states and argues the approach of this two factors with an semi-experimental method before and after, with control and experimental institutions to confirm that the improvements plans based on participation and team work can provide more quality in educative environments, and also can stimulate the parent's participation in this environment, and result in a better learning community, which motivates a collaborative culture. Given this, it is proposed as a method that can be a policy in educative institutions.

KEYWORDS
Social Participation, Educational Management, Improvement Plan

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[1] Nanci Coromoto Barrios Briceño , María del Carmen Barniol Gutiérrez , "Educational Quality from Participation and Teamwork in an Ecuadorian Educational Institution," Universal Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 734 - 740, 2021. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2021.090404.

(b). APA Format:
Nanci Coromoto Barrios Briceño , María del Carmen Barniol Gutiérrez (2021). Educational Quality from Participation and Teamwork in an Ecuadorian Educational Institution. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 9(4), 734 - 740. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2021.090404.