Model Of Institutional Management In Colombia. A Look At The Normal Superior School In Bogotá In The 20th Century

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the institutional management model in Colombia, at the Escuela Normal Superior in Bogotá, Colombia. This model underlies Colombian education in the 20th century and is projected into Colombian society toward the type of institutionality the country needs and its own educational and management model. This model goes through crucial stages for educators and educational administrators. Viewing this type of model provides an opportunity to understand how this model and direction made the Escuela Normal Superior of Colombia serve as an example of educational administration and management within the framework of the professional training of educators in the mid-20th century, giving historical relevance to nation- building and culture, and which is part of the history of Colombian educationt.

Likewise, this study follows the historical documentary methodological approach based on the analysis and interpretation of sources and documents according to Cohen and Manion (1990). It is a combination of sources that support the historical work and guide each stage of interpretation into fundamental facts that translate into the search for information from primary and secondary documentary sources, accompanied by description, heuristics, and hermeneutics, fundamental to the theories and concepts of Colombian educational historiography.

The results show an organizational dynamic based on quality in institutional management that constitutes an administrative model for the country, such as the Escuela Normal Superior de Colombia (Higher Normal School of Colombia), which operated in Bogotá and where the generations of the 20th century were trained. They projected countless sections in the same establishment, envisioning it as a whole, amidst diversity, in favor of a unique model contributing to a style of institutionality in the country.

Thus, each institutional figure in this research represented a contribution to the executive organization and administrative structure, which involved highlighting the socio-historical context of the roles and situations of principals, professors, staff, community outreach, the library, financial resources, and the conditions that allowed the Normal Superior to consolidate itself as a true scientific and cultural endeavor that remains a mandatory reference in the history of Colombian education and pedagogy.