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We seek to analyse how the best students on entry to University work in order to transfer it to the rest of the University community. We used the Study Process Questionnaire (R-SPQ-2F) to assess the learning approaches of a sample of 148 excellent students selected from 11 degrees from 9 centers of the Polytechnic University of Valencia, and we compared the results with those of a sample of 133 average students of the same centers. We found that excellent students used more deep aproach than average students. These ones used more surface approach.

This paper offers the results of a research study conducted to understand the impact of secondary and higher education on entrepreneurship rates. Following a multi-country approach, we analyze the different impact of educational levels on formal, informal and total entrepreneurship. The results show that secondary and higher education increase the self-confidencelevel, reduce perceived risks and provide knowledge, skills, resources and contacts needed to successfully face all the difficulties associated with the creation of a formal company. Simultaneously,

This article presents the most representative primary sources in the twelfth century and first half of the thirteenth century about the nature, ideal profile and social reality of medieval master. The first part analyzes the nature of the teacher in the texts of St. Augustine, St. Bonaventure and St. Thomas. The second part studies the ideal profile of the teacher in the texts of the Pseudo-Boethius, Vincent of Beauvais and Gilbert of Tournai. The last part presents counterpoints or negative social reality of medieval master in the texts of: Everard

Programmes aimed at promoting diversity (attention to diversity) are included in the 2006 Spanish Education act (LOE) as an alternative approach to overcome the high incidence of school failure in compulsory education. The aim of the present study is to describe the perceptions of students who have not obtained their secondary education diploma and compare their views on Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO) and attention to diversity programmes (Curricular Diversification Programmes and Initial Qualification Professional Programmes). The research

This study analyzes Burnouts level (formed by the dimensions of Exhaustion, Depersonalization and Accomplishment) of the teachers of Secondary Education. The sample has been composed by 794 teachers of the CAM. A non experimental design was used. The differences in the levels of the syndrome and its dimensions, depending on personal and professional variables of the teachers, and the Burnouts profiles found in the sample were analyzed. The results show Burnouts general medium level in the teachers and medium, medium-low and medium-high levels in

In the last yearsmultiple researches related to school violence have been carried out. Most of them are about psychosocial and educational aspects. They have been studied from its slighter manifestations (the disruptive behaviours in the classroom) to the most serious (school harassment). Others, trying to offer solutions, have been concentrated on the improvement of the school coexistence. Nevertheless, there are very few researches that study the administrative and legal aspects of the problem. On many occasions, schools must adopt sanctioning

This article presents the evaluation of the educational innovation experience about the introduction of electronic tutorial support for students in the University of Murcia (Spain). For this experience we have worked with more than 750 teachers using the telematic tools of our virtual learning environment. Finally 545 of them have answered the questionnaire on line about the methodology, the telematic tools to support the process, the volume of work for them, the problems found and their general satisfaction. The data obtained are summarized in

In this paper we argue that the external systems of linguistic and mathematical representation teaching should be carried out using an epistemic, interdisciplinary ans sociocultural approach enabling the semiotic and instrumental functions of these languages to be combined. Within this framework, we analyze a number of aspects that ought to be considered in the classroom: the learning path, informal practices, and formal practices. The analysis of these factors suggests that the best way forward is (i) to start from the cognitive possibilities of

The present paper is the result of a research line aimed at identifying and describing the steps followed by competent university teaching for knowledge elaboration and manifestation. With this purpose, the processes followed by some particularly competent, fully experienced lecturers at the University of Barcelona is analysed to determine the set of knowledge and abilities which allows them to reach high-quality teaching standards. Thus, the present study attempts to identify lecturers sources of professional learning through the recovery of habitual