El surgimiento de la gestión educativa como campo de estudio en América Latina (The emergence of educational management as a field of study in Latin America)

In this article, the author advocates the creation of a field of study of educational management specifically oriented to Latin American educational contexts and criticizes the blind adoption of imported concepts and foreign theories. Relying on the literature of the sociology of knowledge, research in education and the epistemology of science, he succinctly analyzes the development of educational management as an Anglo-American field of study, then focuses on the main differences between educational systems in the Latin American school leadership and in the Anglo-American nations. In his conclusion, the author suggests four challenges for Latin American scholars and researchers focused on educational management and leadership, among which are the generation of applied knowledge from and for the Latin American educational system and the exploration of new specific areas of study of the Latin American contexts.