Problems of the directive function in primary education as polar opposites. Headmasters versus teaching staff

Abstract

This comparative–causal study has as fundamental aim to determine if teachers and headmasters have a similar vision when they assess certain aspects of the educational management problems in primary education, that is to say: aspects in relation to the responsibility in the coexistence and cohesion of the school, responsibility in the processes of retraining and innovation, as well as incentives to accede to the managerial position. For this purpose, and connected to the research already done, we have selected two samples from respectively the teaching staff and headmasters of schools in the province of Jaén, using probability sampling. The results obtained, in a global way, head for opposite visions in the way in which teachers and headmasters think about the problems of the educational management.