Gobernanza y Perspectivas sobre Acreditación y Calidad en la Formación Inicial Docente: Estudio en Universidades Chilenas

Abstract

This article analyses the relationship between quality and accreditation in university management models from the actors' perspective. The research methodology assumed the grounded theory approach and a representative structural sample of three Chilean universities with access to elite undergraduate studies, private mass access, and public mass, around which were conducted semi-structured interviews and directives, to proceed to an axial analysis. From the results, we describe the substantive theories of the actors in the system on accreditation and quality and formulate a formal theory regarding these critical dimensions of the ideational component of educational governance in the tertiary system.