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This study explores Spanish secondary-school language and literature teachers’ perceptions of their habits when teaching the development of informal argumentation in textual commentary. Using a qualitative methodology with an interpretive-phenomenological design to shed light on this aim, the teachers were interviewed about this question. Then, hermeneutic units were created from the reported data using a cyclical process of segmentation, codification, and conceptualization. These were analysed using the Atlas. ti program to establish comprehensive

Since the start of the PISA evaluations there have been numerous studies that have metaphorically tried «to separate the gold from the sand», in other words, to derive useful knowledge to guide educational practice and policy from the vast amount of data collected. However, research that uses data mining techniques to extract knowledge from the databases provided by the OECD has been less common. This paper analyses the context questionnaires from a metric perspective using a methodology based on data mining with «regression trees». Its main

The concept of socio-educational intervention has been much discussed in the field of education. Nonetheless, and despite its versatility and variety of meanings, it is one of the most commonly used concepts in the fields of school and social education. The aim of this text is twofold: on the one hand it will analyse this term and argue for its usefulness and applicability in our field; on the other hand it will derive from this analysis a whole series of pedagogical principles that can help with the training of teachers and educators and the development

Introduction: this study is part of a research project concerning the teacher training in information and communication technologies (ICT) profile. Its aim is to develop and validate an instrument for measuring this profile in primary and secondary schools. Methodology: after developing the instrument and administering it to a sample of 1,433 teachers in the Community of Madrid, its reliability, content, and construct validity were analysed (the latter using Structural Equation Models with the IBM SPSS-AMOS program). Results: the reliability analysis

Pragmatic language is the socially appropriate use of language in accordance with the context in which interactions take place. In view of this, deficiencies in pragmatic skills have a significant impact on psychosocial adjustment. Recent evidence has shown that children who present behavioural problems usually display these linguistic difficulties as well. The aim of this work is to analyse different interventions intended to improve the pragmatic skills of children with behavioural and/or attention problems and discuss the evidence of the results.

The labour market integration of recent graduates can be influenced by several factors, such as the economic situation of the country, the quality of their university education, and the demands of the labour market. Although the Spanish economy has recently recovered somewhat, it still has high rates of youth unemployment, even among the best educated groups. Therefore, it is important to analyse in greater depth the transversal competences required and offered in the labour market as these can affect the integration and job satisfaction of university

This article starts by examining the roots of the European Union, the first manifestation of which was the «Europe of Six», conceived by a group of people nowadays known as the «founding fathers of the EU». It then moves on to consider the educational discourses that supported the establishment of democracy in countries where this supranational political agreement was developing. The end of the First World War (1914-1918), one hundred years ago this year, saw the start of a process of peaceful reconstruction in which the foundations of a European

The teaching of structures on architecture degrees has traditionally been based on didactic lectures covering theoretical content with exercises solved in class by the lecturer. This very passive teaching style which involves minimal student participation, was accompanied by a high failure rate. Based around calculating unrealistic models by hand, this method is unattractive from a pedagogical perspective, something reflected in low attendance rates. It also creates superficial learning in which concepts are quickly forgotten after finishing the