REICE. Revista Iberoamericana sobre Calidad, Eficacia y Cambio en Educación

Leadership Role and Promoting the Participation of Families and the Community in Basic Schools. The Case of Panguipulli-Chile

Claudio Barrientos Piñeiro, Patricia Silva García and Serafín Antúnez Marcos

This text provides valuable information about management performance in relation to the characteristics and guidance is given to the participation of families and the community in the life of basic schools Panguipulli. We present a case study through a qualitative approach that visible elements of cultural and geographical context facing executive management and directly affect favor or hinder such promotion within the territory studied are made. It describes and analyzes visions and ways of identifying the main activities, methods and forms of participation. This knowledge provides a referential theoretical support and substantial empirical results of a particular reality, which translates into a contribution to the academic discussion as input for the strengthening of this dimension.

Participation, Family, Community, School management, Leadership.

Barrientos-Piñeiro, C., Silva, P., & Antúnez, S. (2016). El papel directivo y la promoción de la participación de las familias y la comunidad en las escuelas básica. El caso de la comuna de Panguipulli-Chile. [Leadership role and promoting the participation of families and the community in basic schools. The case of Panguipulli-Chile] REICE. Revista Iberoamericana sobre Calidad, Eficacia y Cambio en Educación, 14(3), 145-165.
doi:10.15366/reice2016.14.3.008