Normative documents for school management during confinement (2020-2022) in Mexico

Abstract

This article analyzes the texts related to school management issued in Mexico and published in the Official Gazette of the Federation, during the contingency period due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From Stephen Ball’s (2012) theoretical perspective of the dimensions of politics such as discourse, text and actions, the actions that were expected to carry out by the different educational agents and their relationship with the agreements established in article 3 of the Constitution are identified, especially with the universality and coverage, equity in access, permanence and transit, and quality of excellence service. Qualitative content analysis was used to classify the actions into two categories: pedagogical management and administrative management. There is a wide range of guidelines and actions related to pedagogical management and in turn with the agreements indicated with responsibility in the personnel within the schools, specifically the teacher, and that were stipulated in documents, which were issued in a generic way, without special attention to the contexts of greatest social marginalization...