Leadership from shared responsibility: the experience of learning communities in Ecuador

Abstract

The objective of this article is to show the scientific basis and to demonstrate the impact of Learning Communities in Ecuador. Specially, how the vision of educational leadership and its impact on the level of performance and coexistence, have influenced from the voices of their main actors: the community. Thus, it takes as reference the experiences lived by the Ecuadorian schools that implement the model. To achieve the objectives, the article is based on exhaustive research, based on critical communicative methodology, because it aims not only to describe and explain reality, but also to study it in order to transform it. The present article will obtain its importance, insofar as it is taken into account as a guide by those professionals who wish to investigate about the actions and strategies that provoke a social transformation in favor of a better education.