Generation and Use of Data as Management Tools for School Social Intervention Programs: Non Transferred Resources

ABSTRACT

The use of data in schools may contribute to reducing educational and social inequalities. This article seeks to examine the use of data in school intervention programs implemented within vulnerable schools in Chile and the transfer and use of this data by schools. Utilizing an exploratory descriptive multiple case study design. Results indicate that the data utilized by the programs could be used to have a greater understanding of childrens’ and families’ life contexts nevertheless this knowledge and expertise are not transferred to the schools.

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Notes

1. The Chilean educational system is made up of three types of administrations: municipal (public), subsidized (mixed) and private.

2. The names of the schools are pseudonyms to protect the confidentiality of the data.

3. In order to manage the interventions in the area of child labor, the Telefónica Foundation acquired a Business Intelligence (BI) tool that enabled the analysis of Proniño indicators. Specifically, this was Pentaho Business Analytics. Pentaho Business Analytics Enterprise Edition. The data collected by this tool are: children attended (for example: attendance, school, public system, name, place, work, working hours, family situation, hours to get to work, etc.), schools involved (for example: place, size, IT, etc.), NGOs and their alliances, care facilities, campaigns (http://www.dataprix.com/empresa/exito/fundaci-n-telefonica-utiliza-pentaho-gestionar-su-programa-trabajo-infantil).

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Funding

This work was supported by Proyecto CONICYT/Fondecyt 1170078: “Análisis, Validación y evaluación de un modelo de colaboración familia – escuela para la promoción del involucramiento familiar y el desarrollo integral de la niñez. Desde la literatura científica internacional a la generación de evidencia en Chile” (2017 – 2021) patrocinado por la Universidad de La Frontera.