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This paper presents the results of a study that sought to analyze conditions and challenges in the research training of students of teaching. To this end, a questionnaire was administered to 299 students and interviews were conducted with 8 professors of courses aimed at strengthening research skills. A linear regression model and multilevel model were used to analyze quantitative data, while textual analysis was used for qualitative information. The results show that a system of favorable beliefs and conceptions about research, student profiles upon entry to the university, and curriculum structure all play an important role in developing skills. Also linked to research training are the form of study and the academic level and research performance of professors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This work aims to know how the trend in the use of virtual spaces is, from the proposals is of incorporating technology in the teaching practice in Higher Education and knows if the level of use of information and communication technologies (ICT) affects the design and development of the proposals. In this work was used a correlative transactional methodology and the process was concurrent by complementation with a group of professors from a Mexican public university. We observed that sending and receiving documents is the most used dynamic and that, the main obstacles and difficulties are get internet accessibility and the connection speeds. The main learning activity used is creating individual documents. We concluded that, the level of skill in use of ICT that the teacher considers having does not improve the integration of technologies inside of teaching practice, and that the use of virtual spaces is oriented towards instrumental aspects (do not spent paper, automatic evaluation, and others), the possibility of structuring pedagogical proposals with integration of ICT that seek to improve the teaching and learning process in students is left aside. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The review is a hybrid text genre of an expository-argumentative nature that is very appropriate for initiation into the production of academic texts in higher education, as it enables the development of some of the communicative, discursive and linguistic skills inherent to academic texts. The aim of this paper is to present an analysis of reviews written in Basque by first-year university students in order to identify some indices for improving the current teaching intervention. The analysis of the reviews has focused on three levels: general planning of the text, nominal cohesion and modalisation. The results show that although the basic components of the macro structure of the review are included, certain aspects need to be improved, such as the introduction of the topic and objective of the text reviewed and the evaluation. Other difficulties are related to aspects such as the lack of precision in the use of academic terminology when referring to the reviewed text or its author, and the use of declarative verbs in accordance with the use of this genre. On the basis of the analysis carried out, we detail some of the didactic objects to be worked on with first-year university students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Readings are denser in Higher Education and he calls for bigger commitment for part of the reader. The pupil should in order to face up to this situation create habits readers and exercising continuously for his learning achievements. The most basic guys as from the definition of reading, strategies of reading and the role of the teacher for the strengthening of the process checked reading device in the students that recently become incorporated to the superior level rapidly in this article, as from that the reading and the teacher's paper find themselves narrowly related in this educational level job that to achieve than the pupil incomer Latin teacher technical of reading stops to come face to face to academic texts more technical in his definitions and in his prose he is not simple task since many of them present difficulties in the understanding reader. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to find out the evolution of the students perception of academic stressors during the development of the physiotherapy degree course. Material and method: a longitudinal descriptive study was carried out. The data was obtained using the questionnaire in paper format, by means of the Academic Stressor Subscale (E-CEA) included in the Academic Stress Questionnaire. The repeated measures statistical procedure Anova MR was used to compare means between courses. Results: the study sample consisted of 264 students enrolled in the Faculty of Physiotherapy of the University of Vigo between the academic years 2009-10 and 2014-15, resulting in a participation rate of 66.33%. The results determined that between the first and second year, the perception of academic stressors remained stable, except for the factors Interventions in public, which decreased and Poor social relations in the academic context together with Lack of value of the contents, which increased. Between the second and third years, most of the stressors decreased, except for Exams, Lack of value of content and Poor social relations, which remained stable. Finally, between third and fourth year, all stressors decreased, except Impossibility of participation in academic decisions, which remained unchanged. Conclusion: it can be said that the perception of academic stressors varies between academic years, highlighting that the general rule is that academic stressors lose effect as students progress through the degree course, especially in the third and especially in the fourth year. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In March 2020, face-to-face classes in Mexico were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From that moment on, virtuality was the means that allowed the continuation of teaching and learning activities in higher education. Today, almost a year and a half after the beginning of this scheme of work, the educational authorities are preparing for the return to face-to-face teaching. However, it is not yet known when the necessary conditions will exist for this to fully occur. This article addresses various possible scenarios in the post-confinement era, as well as the acceptance that these would have in the university student community. Its objectives were to characterize student perceptions of classes after COVID-19 lockdown and to compare them according to educational program, academic period, and employment status. The research design was quantitative cross-sectional, non-experimental, exploratory-descriptive in scope. A total of 1395 students from five university programs (Administration, International Trade, Public Accountant, Law, Information Technology) participated and answered an online questionnaire. They were asked about their willingness to continue taking online or hybrid classes in different scenarios, as well as about the continued use of collaborative tools and the need to promote technological and information security skills, given the digital nature of remote education. Data analysis was performed with the SPSS package. Descriptive values were obtained and nonparametric statistical tests of differences between groups were performed. The results show that students value positively the power to decide to take a subject online or face-to-face. In either mode of post-pandemic work, students would agree to continue using MSTEAMS. On the other hand, the recording of sessions was well valued, as well as the possibility of reducing the cost of enrollment if the education were hybrid or online. Also, students would be willing to take their theoretical courses online. It was found that law students are less in agreement about continuing to take their theoretical subjects online and administration students are more in agreement. Also, administration students were more in agreement to continue using MSTEAMS. On the other hand, students in the last semesters are more in agreement to continue with online classes and resources compared to students in the first semesters. In the analysis by employment status, no differences were found. This paper provides an overview of the acceptability of various hypothetical post-pandemic scenarios and allows reflection on the learnings obtained with online education in the COVID-19 times and how these could enhance academic activities after confinement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The relationship between activism and academia has been a source of debate since many decades. This debate has been reissued by the neoliberal model in higher education and the managerial culture setting up as a reference for thinking about the university. Some important repercussions of this context are the way academics understand their work, their relationships with their peers and their role in the university. Despite the centrality of this problem, we know little about the impact it has on the academics' work culture. The findings we share in this paper are the result of the discursive analysis of 60 interviews with researchers from various disciplines conducted during 2016 and 2021. Based on the analyzed interviews, this article examines the constructed boundaries between activism and academia and contributes to the debate by recognizing the academics' political subjectivity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although everyone considers reading to be a basic skill that any person should develop, especially those who are undergoing some kind of training, numerous studies show us a student profile that is not very motivated by the reading practice. These same studies present us with a context full of contradictions. On most occasions, what is desirable is far from reality. In this paper, based on a series of evidence on reading, we would like to invite information and documentation professionals to reflect on some of these contradictions. Our only aim is to make visible a problem that seems to be deeply rooted in conformism and resignation, but on which many decisions can and must still be taken. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper provides a view on the appropriation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT's) from the perspective of digital contents. The methodology was aimed at identifying trends in the use of ICT's, through the application of a survey type instrument (Likert), answered by 404 teachers. Practices in the use of ICT's, criteria for choosing content, methodological strategies and training in the use and development of content were consulted. The results show a discursive gap between the importance given to ICT's and the teaching practices. It was identified that the respondents have been using the same tools for the past two decades. Besides, there is little implementation of educational innovation projects in their teaching. Likewise, ICT's are assumed as a support for face-to-face teaching and teachers are more consumers than content producers. These findings contrast with the acceleration of the appropriation of ICT's caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Emotions are a major factor in the learning process. Therefore, this paper aims to analyze the emotions experienced by students of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) as regards reading comprehension. The sample, composed by 194 university students of Education, completed the EFL Skills Emotions Scale (Pishgadam et al., 2016) in which they indicated their emotions about reading. The results show that the most present emotions are positive, fun and hope, followed in frequency by two negative ones, anxiety and boredom. Comparing the students, we found significant differences in the emotions experienced between those who are getting prepared to be English teachers and those who are not. We conclude that there is a need to favour a methodological change in the teaching of reading comprehension for its work to connect emotionally with the students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present study refers to the digital era and the skill-based learning in university students in Peru. Its goal is to analyze the use of digital tools in the 91 universities of the country by applying an online survey to 20,000 students randomly selected to know the implementation of virtual classrooms and skill-based learning in their universities. This is a very transcendental subject in the current times due to the Information Technology and Communication has become in tools of every day in practically every modern society en the world. Therefore, this fact cannot stay ignored in higher education, mainly in the pandemic context, where it is essential to utilize these tools, including e-learning. A special case is the skill-based learning; because of carrying it out in online manner constitutes a challenge. The authors of this paper do not conform themselves to perform a quantitative study on this subject in Peru, also they propose to carry out a qualitative analysis using the interviewees' opinions in a linguistic scale with terms "Good", "Regular", "Bad", and "I don't know". To perform calculus we applied the 2-tuples model, where linguistic data are aggregated without loss of information. This method allows us to obtain a global result in function of the linguistic scale, which will provide of an easily comprehensible final value to those involved in this study. To the best of the authors' knowledge this is the first time that a study of this kind is carried out in the Peruvian university education by using the 2-tuples method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper we present our knowledge cogeneration experience in the Master's Degree of Secondary Education Teacher Training of the University of Valencia (Spain). This is an example of good practices of teaching-learning process where people have structured a collective dimension of activating critical thinking. This work, written in co-authorship between teachers and students, aims to describe and analyze the fundamental characteristics of the strategies, the coparticipation process, the underlying pedagogical model and the importance of evaluation and selfevaluation as a constructive exchange tool. We have learned that educational action must first of all start from motivated people, collaboration instead of competition, recovery instead of passive reception. Starting from the classroom group's experience and interests, we adapted the program, the academic guide, the timing and modalities. Our basis was the knowledge already possessed by us all, the insertion of new concepts, dealing directly with students' realities, a central dimension for educational professionals. The project lasted one academic year and ended by broadcasting a radio program and forming a group for pedagogical reflection and renovation as a tool to build responsible, committed and participatory citizenship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The current issues surrounding university academic literacy and research capabilities faced by universities are a major challenge for the entire university community. Different studies state that the appropriation of capacities for research and the work of academic literacy in university education must be incorporated into teaching and learning process. The objective of this paper is to analyze the appropriation of the pedagogical proposal focused on strengthening the competences in research of the students, coordinating transversal contents and specific contents in two undergraduate subjects, Epistemology of Social Sciences and Philosophy II. Both degrees of the National University of San Juan have in common that they focus the profile of their graduates in the professional practice in the intervention both in the social and in the field of health. The methodological design begins with a first phase of background research, analysis of weaknesses in the student's investigative skills based on theoretical and empirical studies. The second phase focuses on the justification for the implementation of pedagogical practices, student guidance, on the use of techniques and strategies linked to research and integration of research and literacy skills. In the last phase, an evaluation is carried out within students in order to analyze the perception related to the appropriation of tools. For that purpose, a mixed qualitative-quantitative questionnaire based on research skills has been implemented among students. This instrument consists in 33 closed items and 2 open questions, in which 52 students participated voluntarily. The conclusions show the different ways of appropriation within students related to specific university literacy and research competencies for the management of sources. The challenges that arise from these issues show the need to move forward into the construction of tools that cooperate in strengthening the research profiles of graduates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the narratives about the inclusion- exclusion of university students with disabilities in the city of Temuco, Chile. Therefore, it was decided to reconstruct the university experience of young people through the biographical-narrative method as it offers insight to give meaning and understand the cognitive, affective and action aspects of students with disabilities. In the same way, for the purposes of this paper a discourse analysis model has been formulated based on the theoretical-methodological proposals proposed by Gilberto Giménez (1989) that guide the work with the corpus obtained for the present study. Consequently, the analysis of the corpus allows us to describe and highlight that each experience should not be treated as an expression of a unique thought, since disability is not a standard situation and each case enriches its very notion based on its particularities. Finally, the students who agreed to share their stories reinforce the importance for them of both family context, institutionalization and the role of friendships; same that acquire the role of thematic axes from which topics emerge, as well as implications around the inclusion-exclusion binomial. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper deals with quality paradigms, their evolution and impact on today's society and higher education processes. The issued guidelines on accrediting Cuban higher This paper deals with quality paradigms, their evolution and impact on today's society and higher education processes. The issued guidelines on accrediting Cuban higher. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper first examines the constitutional provisions that must guide public research assessment procedures. Freedom of research (Art. 20(1)(b) CE) requires these procedures to be «suitable» for science as well as for science to be involved therein. After presenting the concepts and notions used in the international debate on research assessment (bibliometrics, quantitative or qualitative assessment criteria, peer review, etc.), there is an outline of the various types of research assessment procedures in place under Spanish law according to the subject of assessment (research works, researchers' CVs, research projects and institutional assessments). The paper then looks into the characteristics of legal science that are relevant from the perspective of legal research assessment. The closing remarks include a set of proposals revolving around the idea that public authorities must create organizational structures and procedures allowing every scientific community to set the criteria to be applied to research assessment within each scholarly field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we study two initiatives of José María de Llanos in the 1950 at the University of Madrid. The research has a theoretical and historical dimension. The theoretical character lies in the questioning of the conventional narrative of Service Learning (SL). The historical aspect of the paper is based on intellectual history. The questioning of the habitual narrative of the SL leads us to identify its origin rooted in religious notions and in the tension of combining the message of charity with that of social justice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this paper is to analyze the barriers faced by students with disabilities in higher education. This paper is part of a research carried out in two institutions: The National Autonomous University of Mexico and the Juarez Autonomous University of Tabasco. It was a case study research and, as part of it, we interviewed a group of students with disabilities and, at the same time, analyzed institutional policies on inclusion and statistical data. Results showed that students face structural barriers, for example, difficulties to complete institutional procedures and to adjust syllabus contents and learning activities; environmental barriers, such as the lack of accessibility to institutional facilities and to specialized literature; and attitudinal barriers, for instance, the unawareness of teachers, administrative staff and classmates. We conclude that it is necessary to change cultures, policies and institutional practices, through comprehensive strategies in order to increase educational opportunities for these students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article looks at the recent development of cultural policy in Malta in the context of the membership of the University of Malta in the SEA-EU network. The introductory part of the narrative engages closely with preparations in joining the European Union in 2004 that included the setting up of various governance and funding institutions, those related to the European Capital of Culture in 2018, and the impact of COVID-19 on cultural practice and creative communities. This first section, which provides a critical analysis of the sector, is followed by the second, core part of the text, which reports on the various aspects of policy, higher education programmes and manifestations (through festivals, exhibitions and multi-media expressions) that relate to academics and researchers based at the University of Malta and satellite institutions. The paper concludes that while a great deal of effort has been done on many cultural fronts, and many initiatives taken, the relationship between the University of Malta, its academic and research members, and society at large, is largely loose and project-based rather than policy-oriented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we analyze the relationship between leadership and performance in teams of higher education students. For this, first, we conceptualize leadership as an influence process between team members and, second, we model this team process using social network analysis. To study the proposed relationship between leadership and performance, we conducted a study at 164 students of 41 teams of industrial engineering students of two universities in Chile. We analyzed our data using linear regression analysis, and our results showed that leadership network density is positively related to performance, and leadership network centrality is negatively related to performance. These results help teachers, and higher education institutions have a reliable statistical tool to track student leadership development throughout the curriculum. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Assessment is considered one of the most relevant factors in the teaching and learning process, fundamental part of training in Higher Education -- multicultural -, a factor that appears to be a weakness when re-designing University careers, especially in a competencybased curriculum approach. According to the above, the purpose of this paper is to show and discuss the options and limitations of the evaluation in a Higher Education that stand out today for the multicultural and context according to three dimensions: a) purposes, b) moments and uses, c) those who carry it out. The main conclusions of this work are linked to a partial transition from traditional evaluative practices oriented to academic performance (focused on knowledge) to a more formative and democratic evaluative practice, highlighting in some cases the tendency to incorporate the participation of the students in the design of evaluation instruments and techniques, the effective possibility of feedback that implies change or improvement, use of evaluative strategies of self-evaluation and co-evaluation, implementation of some active learning methods and their evaluation focused on the student, action that tends to be more transversal and student-centered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper concentrates on some of the challenges of the Didactics of the Superior Education in the current context, and in particular it focuses on the theoretical-methodological budgets for treatment of the category problem associated to the formation process and in particular to the (PEA, for its name in Spanish). It contributes to the development of the logical thought and of the development of the creativity in the professional futures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper shares some interpretations of stories of young people linked to the decision-making process that they are going through regarding the fact of having to live outside the family environment, decision justified mainly in the pursuit of continuing studies at a higher level, a topic developed in a research called “Student migration and the beginning of a university career. Youth experiences: from the imagined project to the concrete project”. We worked from a longitudinal qualitative approach, identifying aspects of the youngster’s trajectory, from the sixth grade of secondary school to the first two years of arrival in the city of Córdoba. In this instance, we will focus on the step prior to migration. Interviews were conducted with young people and mothers, in 2018 and 2019, in order to know how the mobility and study project is imagined and defined, as well as options, expectations and decisions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the state of the knowledge of the right to higher education in migratory contexts, especially that of Mexican and Latino migrants in the United States of America. The literature review sets the scientific production on the dreamers' movement related to the DREAM Act (2000) and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) of 2012. The analyzed information helps to building meta categories and emerging categories and recovers theoretical- methodological findings such as political discourse analysis, the contextual narrative of struggle and resistance, the Critical Race Theory and Latcrit, collective participation for social transformation, and social movements as a sociological theory of migrant organization and empowerment. The literature review reveals scientific production as an emerging field and interest, mostly in North American researchers. It is noticeable that the research contributions impact the social, political, cultural, and legal aspects that make it possible to enforce the right to education of migrants without documents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The so-called hegemonic model of masculinity constitutes a risk factor. It is a multiconditioned phenomenon, but every time it's highlighted the role of personality's socialization. In this way, the higher educational levels are called to perform a primordial function through its substantive process. The purpose of this paper is: Characterize the treatment of this subject in the experiences of some Cuban universities. An integrated analysis was made of the concepts: masculinities and substantive process of high education, expressed in a group of indicators distributed per each one of these concepts. As theoretical methods of research were used: the analytical synthetic, the transit from the abstract to the concrete, the inductive-deductive and the historicallogical. In an empirical level, the study of documents. The conclusions make reference to the developments and challenges within Cuban high education about the treatment of the researched topic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents an investigation on the strategies of higher education teachers to adopt academic activities to virtuality in times of pandemic. An exploratory study was conducted, conducted interviews with university professors from South American countries in order to learn about the different realities. The results suggest that the strategies in the different countries were similar, but in Brazil there was a great distinction between public and private institutions. Most of the teachers moved their classes for remote activities, being that they perceive that the difficulties of connection and access to digital technologies is an intervening factor for the continuity of classes and the attention to students. It is also concluded that students are more collaborative and tend to maintain or increase relationships with other students to overcome the barriers and difficulties imposed by social isolation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Increasingly, higher education students have to perform academic works, both research reports and literature reviews, following the format of scientific articles. However, university students often face this type of work with limited prior knowledge of how scientific articles are structured and written. As an evaluation instrument, in this paper we design a checklist composed by 72 items to verify the adaptation of academic works to the formal characteristics of scientific articles in terms of organization of contents by sections; elaboration of text, figures and tables; citing and listing of bibliographic references. This checklist allows learners to self-evaluate the fulfilling of mentioned characteristics during the execution of their work and speed up the evaluation conversations between learners and tutors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper offers a reflection on the inclusion of the gender perspective in the university classroom, specifically, within the compulsory subject of Strategies for communication in multilingual groups of the Degree in Social Education at the University of Almería (Spain). In this, a didactic training proposal for Social Education students is proposed from the parameters of Critical Discourse Analysis to determine what discursive strategies the Spanish press uses to refer to refugee-type migrants, especially women. For this, the corpus created by the R + D DIPURE Project (The Public Discourse on Refugees in Spain) was used, since we consider that the results of the analysis will collaborate in recognizing possible stereotypes and prejudices that can be transmitted in this public discourse of the media, in this case Spanish, to be able to be combated and overcome in the framework of a democratic society that pursues equity and equality between women and men. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Educational inclusion involves not leaving anyone out of the educational spaces, in this case, out of the university; it implies the challenge of building a university for everyone. The first point we would like to analyse here is the following: if the university is public and it has open and free access, why, however, is it not for everyone? In recent years, 'inclusion' is both the distinctive sign of a series of state policies that promote higher education as a right, as well as the focus of an ongoing academic debate. This debate about inclusion has been the topic that brought us together and made us come up with the recent investigation project on which we are currently working on1. In this paper, we will share how we are exploring the inclusion circumstances -how they occur, how they work, their effects, their difficulties-in their daily dimension and from the experiences of students and teachers of National University of Córdoba, focusing on the latter. We will recover some educators' voices that put into evidence that inclusion has become an everyday problem within the classroom, where they practice different (and sometimes contradictory) strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper, developed under the documentary approach, aims to specify the epistemological and pedagogical challenges posed by educating the generation of digital natives or centennials. To achieve this end, the article is structured as follows: 1. It presents the most relevant characteristics that define the Centennial Generation, among which its birth in the midst of the exponential rise of the internet, the advancement of social networks and the questioning the traditional vision of education, being a generation that demands immediate answers in the midst of a globalized context. 2. It presents the model of a good university teacher, which leads to the reengineering of educational processes and the orientation of students to integral development. 3. Points out the current limitations of education and the need to innovate in educational and technological matters to meet the demands of the centennial generation. It concludes on the need for debate on these complex issues, promoting research proposals, as well as the advancement of new epistemological approaches that lead to more humane and humanizing educational practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The new social context leads to a new model for professional learning. In the curricular designs, that supposes the move from professional solving-problems, to a competenceslearning description. In fact, this movement has begun with the curricula D, due to the participation of some presidents of the national commissions of careers in the project Tuning-América Latina. These changes are tuned with the state of art of professional learning in the world. Also, attending a demand of the universities to accept more flexibility, according the development of each institution. In this paper, a definition of the concept of competence is showed, that may be applied to Higher Education Pedagogy in Cuba, the main changes that must be introduced in curricula, and the challenges the universities must face in order to a successful application. It is discussed the resistances to this approach and the need to move on comprehension and acceptance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A deep disciplinary knowledge on the part of the higher education teachers is essential for having good quality in the teaching of classes in higher education. The teacher must master to the smallest detail on how to teach his/her subject. On the other hand, pedagogical knowledge allows teachers to educate students with disciplinary knowledge in the most effective and efficient way. This paper aims to analyze the relationship that exists between the increase of disciplinary and pedagogical knowledge as a result of the management accompaniment of remote work, that is, the supervision of managers of the teaching and learning work through information and communication technologies. Because it deals with concepts whose relationships are complex, this problem is modeled by dynamic fuzzy cognitive maps (FCM). This takes the results obtained from the experience of specialists in the subject from the application of the Delphi method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The representing of a student's knowledge in an academic discipline plays an important role in boosting the student's skills. To support stakeholders in the educational domain, it is necessary to provide them with robust assessment strategies that facilitate the teaching-learning process. Student's mastery is determined by the degree of knowledge, which demonstrates objectively, on the topics included in the different areas that make up an academic discipline. Although there is a wide variety of techniques to represent knowledge, particularly Knowledge Graph technique is becoming relevant due to the structured approach and benefits it offers. This paper proposes a method that classifies and weights the nodes (topics) of a Knowledge Graph of a disciplinary area, which is analyzed through a case study. The method has two approaches: avoid exhaustive evaluation of the nodes and weight the nodes with adequate precision. Method's application is illustrated by a case study. As results, a Knowledge Graph is obtained with its classified and weighted nodes through the application of the proposed method, in which 100% of the topics have been impacted through the objective evaluation of 20.8% representing 10 nodes. It is concluded that the proposed method has potential to be used in the representation and management of knowledge, being necessary to improve phases' iteration to condition number of objective nodes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper starts by stating that advances in science and technology are not the universal panacea. The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in higher education is examined. The pressing need for the spiritual universe to be enriched in higher education is emphasized. A few points regarding this universe are theoretically clarified. Some changes recently observed by the author in professors and students are presented. This paper is aimed at encouraging reflections on spiritual enrichment in higher education by using ICTs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This exploratory study aims to analyze the current situation of journals and repositories of Peruvian universities whose licensing was denied by the National Superintendency of Higher University Education (SUNEDU), and issues regarding digital preservation policies of papers published by such educational institutions. Data was collected between May and October 12, 2019 from repositories, journal portals, the National Open Access Digital Repository for Science, Technology and Innovation (ALICIA), and the National Registry of Research Papers Submitted for Academic Degrees and Professional Titles (RENATI). To date, out of the 143 universities registered at SUNEDU, 79 were granted license to operate, 19 were denied such license, and 45 are yet to be licensed. It was found that 16 journals were published in portals using Open Journal Systems (OJS) and DSpace, and in blogs. Nine (9) journals use OJS and 11 have an ISSN. Nineteen (19) repositories were found in university websites, out of which 15 are active and the URL of the rest does not work. Finally, the issues faced by journals and repositories on the digital collection preservation are mentioned. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the partial results of a research project developed over two academic years (2015-16 and 2016-17) in the Faculties of Education and Teacher Training at the Universities of Cantabria and Oviedo. The objective of the project was to improve teaching in several subjects from different curricula in the field of education, based on the analysis of classroom activities. To this end, a methodology inspired by the Lesson Study model was adopted. The results show that students learn through the use of skills which are considered key for teachers. The conclusions demonstrate that the research process has great potential for improving teaching in higher education and highlight the need for students to assume a more active role throughout the whole research process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The reality of today's society makes it necessary to introspect on the determining aspects for the generation of an education that not only complies with the expected training standards, but also that integrally develops the ethical components in students in order to forge professionals and workers who perform around the aspects of responsibility and fundamental values for the common good. Due to the above, this paper presents a reflective analysis of the importance of higher education in the current global context, and the contributions of ethics in the formative processes of the individual. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Successful students are often concentrated in wealthier regions. This paper examines the possible impact of students' geographical location on their achievement, evaluated externally in bachelor's degree programs in economics (taught face-to-face or via traditional or virtual distance learning) in higher education institutions in Colombia. An analysis was conducted using georeferenced and geolocated models, based on students' assessment results from the Colombian Institute for Educational Assessment's (ICFES) FTP system and the Political and Administrative Division (DIVIPOLA) system. High achievement was recorded in face-to-face learning in central regions like Bogotá and Antioquia, but also in more remote regions in traditional distance learning, despite the fact that location did not exhibit statistically significant trends in the spatial autocorrelation measure Moran's I. Lastly, we discuss the trends found and the possible limitations of this model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main objective of the paper is to show the educational novelty of a new subject of the architect's formation curriculum at the "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas Central University (UCLV), aimed at updating and promoting a critical vision among the students about contemporary urbanization processes and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Taking into account the reality and trends of world urbanization processes, the hypothesis is formulated that an education in sustainability needs to develop a social awareness focused on the SDGs 2030. The Sustainable Urbanization and 2030 Agenda subject is explained, as well as the results of its application and the lessons learned of this novel experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The challenges of what to do in the contemporary communication, especially in the learning process associated with the university education, are unveiled with a complexity and deeper meaning that is precise approach with new perspectives, tools, strategic theories and methods. In this sense, and particularly in the academic field of the Communication, it would be appropriate the search for new focuses and theoretical models, including classic and recent ones, which evidence the art state of the knowledge and practice refer to as Communication theories, their models, and the research focuses. The present working paper propose re-interpret, re-discuss and re-articulate some theories and their central concepts, which give sense and action setting in the Communications studies with the purpose of verify its trans disciplinary, eclectic, transversal and heterodox character in the presence of others disciplines own theories in the Latin-American Communication thinking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines various concepts related to academic texts writing from a functionalist and interactionist perspective of discourse and language, with the aim of reflecting on the purpose of writing centers and to establish a theoretical framework which substantiates the practice of a center aimed at teacher's education. In this work, literacy and academic literacy are circumscribed in the context of initial teachers training. Social and epistemological aspects of common writing practices in higher education are addressed, as well as the linguistic aspects that characterize these types of texts and that can represent challenges for students. It is concluded that the practical reason of the writing center must be grounded on a clear theoretical-pedagogical position, based on the knowledge of the features of discourse and language used in such process of inculturation, which has a social, cognitive and linguistic character. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This is a theoretical-reflective essay that aims to approach the way in which the role of women has been biased by social representations, inherited by generations. In these representations, men are more closely associated with work and professional development, while women are mainly associated with housework and family. One of the epicenters of this problem, in addition to the above, is education. Overall, in Latin America, and specifically in Colombia, social inequalities are very deep and reflect a gender gap, permanently reproduced, which could be traced in terms of colonization and intersectionality. This paper will address three key moments. Firstly, it places women in education; secondly, it observes, from a general point of view, the challenges in terms of gender equity for higher education (HE) from the incorporation of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), and finally, it presents an intersectional methodological perspective, which manages to dialogue between the aforementioned moments. It is intended to make a first approach to this concept from the educational perspective as an opportunity that realizes the promise of social inclusion and equity for women in the academy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The development of essential management skills through the development processes promoted by the managers of Higher Education Institutions linked to the training of managers of tourism, travel and hospitality activities, constitutes a challenge since the methodologies that have been established in this sense are currently insufficient. Therefore, it is necessary to propose the theoretical-methodological bases, as well as the definition of methodological components and budgets for its continuous improvement in higher education. Therefore, this paper is oriented to the design of a methodology for the development of essential management skills in tourism education, using different tools, among which workshops and questionnaires stand out. The strategic diagnosis of the current situation of these managers and their influence on the future managers of the activity in the sector and the academy allowed the identification of the variables that condition the design, as well as the regularities of the same. A methodology for the development of essential management skills is then proposed, based on three components and four fundamental steps. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the intercultural and technological experiences of 18 bachelor students during their academic stay at the University of Veracruz when the coronavirus pandemic started. The Mexican federal government urged educational institutions to adopt social distancing measures as the main action to stop the spread of the virus, which resulted in a lockdown and the cancellation of all gatherings, including classes, tutoring, and academic meetings. The University of Veracruz timely reacted with a contingency plan with the health of the community as a target: the students had to keep up with their activities from houses throughout digital media. From the beginning of the lockdown until the end of the semester on July 17th, 2020, practically all academic work was held in digital platforms and spaces, altering the immersive experience mobility students were expecting. It concludes with the suggestion of re-establishing the educational internationalization from home as an alternative and complement of the immersive academic mobility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper shows the results of a research carried out in the Sociology Department at Universidad de las Villas, in accordance with the guidelines of the Network Design and Attention to Gender Opportunities in Higher Education for the year 2020. On the basis of five dimensions, the Study Plan of the Sociology career was analyzed in order to arrive at proposals for the transversality of the gender perspective. It was found that, given the flexibility of the new Study Plan, it was possible to endorse in the contents of 13 subjects of the career, concrete elements of gender ideology, in addition to making proposals from research, postgraduate and extracurricular activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper shows inclusive education as that which allows the construction of dimensions that promote equity, collaboration and development in the university community of new looks towards those groups traditionally excluded. Firstly, the concept of inclusive education is reviewed, recognizing that although considerable progress has been made in this area, there are still some important aspects that remain unresolved. Secondly, it is necessary to identify some theoretical and procedural gaps that pose fundamental challenges for teacher training at the higher level, and thirdly, it identifies those strategies that promote the construction of inclusive spaces that seek to minimize or reduce barriers to the presence, participation and learning of students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes the job market of graduates of the Bachelor’s Degree in Geography of the Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, and of the Degree in Geoinformatics of the Unidad Multidisciplinaria de la Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, in México. A total of 94 graduates were surveyed in 2017. In addition, seven key informants (experts, specialists and teachers) were interviewed. Among the important findings, we highlighted the type of institution and/or employer, the city and state where they were working, the types of positions, the activities carried out, the monthly salary received, and suggestions to improve careers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim in this paper is to present the preliminary results of a qualitative, multiple case study whose objective was to analyze the way educational practices (EP) are carried out by virtual faculty, when they incorporate Open Educational Resources (OER), as well as the way in which this appropriation of OER contributes to the pedagogical transformation of these practices in the field of education at a master's level. The research involved three faculty of a Mexican university. The data analysis was performed; first, by reviewing each case, initially coding and categorizing in base to the established theoretical references and then tuning as the data emerged. Subsequently, the categorical sum of the cases was made as a whole to obtain global results. The results indicate that the EP of the participants developed predominantly with technological appropriation at the reorientation level, using mostly open access scientific articles to carry out activities with a teaching approach of deepening into knowledge. Teachers using OER recognize changes in their EP such as the enrichment in course design, pedagogical flexibility, variety of resources, personalization of teaching, development of student-centered approaches, and support in the development of competencies. This paper tries to contribute to the knowledge about the implementation of EP when OER were included and carried out in a Mexican context, as well as its potential impact on these educational practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to analyze 39 academic papers on different themes about sexual diversity produced 1988-2015. The analysis is based on four pairs: Sexual practices/Bodies, Marriage/Families, Identities/Prejudice and Rights/Citizenship. Based on that, we propose new themes for investigation and reflections about the challenges within the Salvadoran higher education to build the field of Sexual Diversity Studies. In conclusion, despite the existence of 39 papers - which are a step forward -, the closet of the Salvadoran Academy is still closed, and therefore a question arises: how can we open it? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tutoring is institutionalized in all educative stages from childhood to higher education. However, tutoring at university level has a much shorter and newer tradition. Since the implementation of EHES, tutoring has come back as a quality factor in this educative stage, but the resurgence of university level tutoring should not be seen as a novelty but as a fundamental guiding process with many advantages and benefits to the university community. Because of that, the aim of this paper is to go into detail about the implementation and development of tutoring in this context from university student's perception. This paper is done using a quantitative methodology approach with a descriptive and transversal research design. 572 undergraduate students of Childhood Edu cation, Primary Education, Social Education and Pedagogy from the University of Murcia have participated. These students contribute their opinions and evaluations through an ad hoc questionnaire based on a previous research. A reliability and validation analysis is presented through an exploratory factorial analysis. The database and its analysis were undertaken with SPSS v.21 statistics program. Descriptive and inference analysis is used on purpose. The results show different ways of intervention aimed at offering a better quality for the educative process. One especially relevant establishes that more careful attention shoud be paid to the design processes of tutoring action plans, in line with the research of González and León (2014) or Cano and Paula (2008). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]