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The education subsystem relatively depends on the legislative, political and economical subsystems. Having into account that both the Andalusian and Catalonian subsystems depend on the same legislative and political ones, the differences in education between Andalusia and Catalonia must be due to economic differences. These differences have been searched for in three fields: educational level of the population in general, university education and childrens education. The results are clear: school years, on average, are longer in Catalonia than in

This article aims at analyzing the process of transition from secondary education to higher education and the reception given by universities to first year students. The study is carried out in Universitat Autònoma de Barcelonaand gathers information about the opinions and perceptions that first year students, secondary students, students associations, and vice-deans and institutional managers have about the process.  In addition, a documental analysis of the promotion and reception actions undertaken by the 15 most prestigious international universities

The main purpose of this study was to analyze whether reading and spelling acquisition in a transparent orthography share knowledge and the same cognitive processes, or they are cognitively quite separate. We selected a sample of children with age range between 7 years and 12 years, from 2º to 6º elementary grades. In the study we conducted a detailed examination of the spelling skills of good readers-good writers, good readers-poor writers, and poor readers-poor writers. The children were administered a variety of standardized tests and experimental

To analyse the revision process in the written composition of Elementary School students from a cognitive approach, a multiple-case study was developed, applying two research strategies: a cognitive interview for the purpose of data collection and a content analysis for organizing and interpreting the data. The results reveal the cognitive and metacognitive strategies these children apply in revising their written text.  The proposals outlined here stem from this research and add to the development of this curricular competence.

The peer assessment is a pratice that can provide interesting advantages in the university education. Mainly if it is tried to help the students to acquire professional competencies. Our research focuses on examining the reliability of the marks given by students in relation to those given by the lecturer. In addition, we have verified the reliability and the correlation of the qualifications of the lecturer with the qualifications assigned by four external judges. KeyWords: Oral presentations, Agreement among markers; Peer assessment; Reliability

The present article analyzes the educational perspective of Jacques Derrida´s thought, and more concretely its adequacy in the issue of the education for citizenship, departing from his anti-metaphysical foundation in Frederic Nietzsche. Therefore it starts from the philosophical analysis of the elements that compose the Derrida´s concept of deconstruccionand its importance as an instrument of critique to the paradigm logo-fonocentric. Derrida proclaims his critique to the modern thought with the exaltation of a radical subjectivism in where the

This study presents Nussbaums theory of citizenship education as a cosmopolitan education or worlds citizenship. This approach wants to abolish or overcome the difficulties of  the cultural mixture of Occident as a consequence of current globalization. As the stoicism philosophy, Nussbaum defend the idea that the correct citizenship education is that which wants to rise the worlds citizenship. Many authors defend the democracy education or national education as the right citizenship education, but Nussbaum decline this kind of education and supports

This article studies the importance of the social-cognitive conflict in the students intellectual development. From the point of view of the social nature of the cognitive development it is analysed how socialisation, personal development and intellectual progress go together, as well as the role of peer interactions and student-teacher interactions, as a boost for this growth. The article is based on the contributions made in this field by Geneva School as well as the ones by Vygotsky and Piaget, which conclude the need to foment cooperation in

The present article analyzes some philosophical (especially anthropological) bases that underlie current Psychology, and which can affect the field of education. It shows how, although empirical Psychology was founded by being separated form Philosophy, in fact it has separated itself from some philosophical doctrines, and has become associated to others. Often, in psychological literature, some philosophical postulates are assumed, such as naturalism, Cartesian dualism (with the corresponding negation of freedom), positivism, radical Darwinism