Browsing by Author "Guerrero, Patricia"

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    Influence of instructional leadership on teacher retention
    (TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2022) Lazcano, Christian; Guerrero, Patricia; Volante, Paulo
    Teacher retention has represented a serious problem to be solved by different school systems at the international level. In this sense, it is expected that instructional leaders not only manage schools with a focus on improving students' learning, but also transform schools into attractive spaces to retain teachers, especially those who are just beginning their teaching careers. The following study explores novice teachers' perceptions of instructional leadership from their principals and management teams, and the influence of leadership on teachers' intent to stay at schools. The qualitative study utilizes the grounded theory method to analyze interviews with six Chilean novice teachers from different types of schools. The results show that teachers display a greater tendency to stay at their schools when the leadership exercised there is instructional, with a clear emphasis on trust and support for classroom work.
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    The quest for justice in education: capital and funds of knowledge
    (2023) Gaete, Alfredo; Luna, Laura; Silva-Pena, Ilich; Guerrero, Patricia
    This paper explores the funds of knowledge approach to pedagogy and educational research from a social justice perspective. In response to the suggestion made by some authors that the approach should be integrated with a capital perspective, we argue that this would work only if the concept of capital is understood in a certain way. Also, and more generally, we try to show that redistribution in education should not be thought of in terms of capital redistribution, but in terms of counteracting structural barriers to participatory parity which result in status differences among citizens. Finally, we suggest three concrete ways this can be achieved through pedagogies based on funds of knowledge.