Abstract

ORTEGA BARBA, Claudia Fabiola; MEZA MEJIA, Mónica del Carmen  and  COBELA VARGAS, José Francisco. Educating in Exceptional Times: Educational Institutions Management in the Post-Pandemic Era, a Qualitative Study in Mexico Schools. Revista Andina de Educación [online]. 2023, vol.6, n.2, e202. ISSN 2631-2816.  https://doi.org/10.32719/26312816.2022.6.2.3.

The relevance of managerial action within the school system became evident during the crisis emerged due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this research is to share the experiences of school managing directors when trying to meet the needs caused by the crisis. A qualitative and comparative approach was conducted integrating the principles of symbolic interactionism, using focus groups as a gathering information technique, and the ladder of inference analysis. The study concluded that the impact was different in each school due to unique and diverse circumstances, and thus, the strategies adopted by directors responded to their own reality. Traditional institutions found it more difficult to deal with the crisis, while versatile organizations were able to adapt more effectively to the new remote learning ecosystem.

Keywords : school organization and management; private education; educational management; organizational change; qualitative research.

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