Challenges of the basic education system in Ecuador; the voices of the future teachers

Abstract

This study aims to identify since the voice of future teachers poor teaching practices that required to be worked to improve the current quality of the Basic Education System of Ecuador The participants are students of the Teacher s Training Program at a national university located on the coastal region of Ecuador The ethnographic method is applied to collect data through the techniques focus group forums and life histories research All data were organized chronologically and analyzed with the Maxqda software The results allowed identifying challenges for the future teachers related to pedagogy philosophical approach and teacher attitudes to work on ethnic diversity and inclusive education In addition a proposal for strengthen the professional profile on the future teachers is introduced in this study It is concluded that the communicational competence motivation to teach inclusive education culture and environmental attitudes should be strengthen in future teachers programs to act in coherence to the Agenda for Global Sustainable Development