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This article show an experience of creating a "serious game" video game in a multilevel classroom of a rural school located in the province of Malaga (Spain) during the 2018/19 school year. In order to know the limitations, weaknesses and potentialities inherent in a project of this complexity and to analyze the perceptions, learning and educational experiences of the students. We have used a qualitative methodology. From a methodological perspective, throughout the entire school year, in-depth interviews and discussion groups have been carried out in which all the students and teachers who have been involved in the project have participated. The analysis of the information provided mainly shows limitations related to teacher training and that the design and creation of a video game contributes to the development of technical, curricular, attitudinal and transversal skills, abilities and knowledge in students. In conclusion, the creation of video games in the classroom brings personal, curricular and professional benefits to the students, however, it is necessary, on the one hand, to expand the offer and improve the training quality of the teaching staff -initial and continuous-, and, on the other On the other hand, promote the development of educational projects that facilitate the involvement of agents outside the center. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research is part of the CREATEskills European project, focused on STEM teaching in primary education. The aim of this article is to present the main results of an evaluative research, developed with a quantitative method and a single case design, in which 5 teachers, 117 students and 55 parents of students from a public school have participated. The participants answered questionnaires designed ad hoc after the implementation of an educational innovation experience in which active methodologies, Open Educational Resources and an open access platform for teaching STEM were used. After the evaluation of the experience, a very positive assessment was made by the teachers and students involved, as the vast majority highlighted the quality, originality, creativity, variety and relevance of the open resources used, as well as the learning outcomes promoted with the active methods. Most of the parents agreed that STEM teaching promotes real-life problem-solving skills and improves student motivation, according to previous researchers. Although more than half used online resources to work on STEM at home with their children, only a minority used the CREATEskills platform. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Current international educational regulations point out the importance of working on artistic and scientific subjects in an interconnected way to contribute to the development of mathematical competence and basic competences in science and technology, for which a learning model based on problem solving has been promoted in line with the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics) approach. Based on this model, it is possible to promote these areas through the implementation of didactic-musical proposals in the primary school classroom. The purpose of this study is to present, through a quasi-experimental study, how music education can favour the acquisition of mathematical competence and basic competence in science and technology in a sample of 129 participants in the sixth year of primary education in three public and state-subsidised schools in Madrid, divided into a control group (63 students) and an experimental group (66 students). The experimental group participated in a didactic intervention programme with musical activities designed ad hoc, and was implemented over the course of a school year in the participating schools, while the control group followed the classroom programme. The results obtained by the experimental group in the post-test phase show an improvement in the planning of mathematical processes, the identification and use of numbers, the understanding of geometric contents in different contexts, as well as the experimentation of scientific activity, which suggests that music education can favour the development of the areas of this competence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Several studies indicate that the methodology used by the teacher influences the affective domain and, consequently, the cognitive domain. For this reason, it is necessary to promote didactic strategies that favour positive emotional states in the teaching of science from the first educational levels. Based on this, the aim of this research was to analyse the cognitive and emotional implications of the implementation of a video game for teaching science content in primary school. A quasi-experimental design was followed with a control group, an experimental group, a pre-test and a post-test. A non-probabilistic sample of 144 students from 9 to 12 years of age participated, divided into control and experimental groups. The control group used a student-centred expository didactic model and for the experimental group a Minecraft video game was designed and implemented for learning the same curricular content as the control group. Intra-group analysis revealed that both interventions were effective from the point of view of student learning. However, the comparative statistical analysis between groups revealed statistically significant differences (Sig.< 0.005) between the control group and the experimental group, in favour of the students who used the video games, both in the knowledge variable and in the emotions experienced. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Contributing to the many initiatives around the globe that foster gender education in primary school, we present the pioneering case of Paillaco (Chile). An educational program on "gender, affectivity and sexuality", implemented since 2014, which has been influential in challenging gender injustice in education in the region and offers a potential template for others to follow. This case study, framed as Feminist Activist Research, aims to identify: the theoretical and pedagogical discourses that shape the program; the subjectivities of the schoolteachers appointed as "gender monitors"; and the effects and challenges perceived in and by the community. Results show that the program draws on critical-feminist pedagogies, queer theory and appeals for the provision of a comprehensive sexuality education. Training the teachers emerges as the key for raising gender awareness. Finally, positive changes such as reduction of gender violence are perceived because of the implementation of the program. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The commonly accepted premise that collaboration among the educational community leads to school improvement and greater student achievement is not always fulfilled due to the diverse reality of schools and various initiatives to promote family participation. This work addresses the perception of teachers, school management teams and educational inspection of family-school-community relations in 23 primary schools in the Basque Autonomous Community, characterized by different criteria related to school effectiveness-ineffectiveness, aiming to identify good practice leading to school improvement. Tine study is descriptive-exploratorycxploratory-explanatory with mixed methodology, using questionnaires, indepth interviews and discussion groups. Results show family involvement is mediated by teaching staff's personal factors, that all schools try to promote family collaboration, though forms of participation vary, and those which work best are proactive, stressing different collaboration dimensions. Conclusions include adopting a systemic approach, review and updating of training modalities, and assessment of teaching competences for collaboration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the context of the increasingly digitalised modern society, the development of digital competence (DC) from early childhood is ever more essential. This situation represents a challenge for educational institutions at all levels, as they must ensure the development of students’ DC, as well as train staff in teachers’ digital competence (TDC). This study aims at measuring the self-perception of students’ DC and TDC in a network of primary and secondary schools in the Valencian Community as a first step toward the detection of possible gaps and inequalities that may need to be addressed. The results show a high level of self-perceived DC among students and a medium-expert level of TDC among teachers. Additionally, differences in the self-assessed level of DC and TDC were found between the scores for the individual dimensions and types of literacy that make up these competencies, and there were significant differences in teachers’ self-assessment as a function of age and educational level. These findings provide evidence for the need to develop training programs aimed at enhancing TDC in order to reduce the inequalities found. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we study how the intentionality to propose an experimental situation in a science lesson was mobilized. This situation initiated a didactic sequence about light that was implemented in different elementary classrooms (belonging to a socioeducational program from the City of Buenos Aires) and was conceived in a working group where teachers and researchers collaborate. We aim to explore the potentiality of this collaborative modality to promote the construction of ideas on teaching and learning science. We present a case study and we focus on the interactions between the different positions of the collaborative group members as they were involved in the co-design, implementation, and analysis of the sequence. We identified that, initially, the group discussions were centered on the material aspects of the lesson design; but, after the first implementations, the shared reflection about the classroom scenes made it possible to problematize the teachers' interventions, the interpretation of the students' ideas and the assessment of alternatives on how to promote student engagement. This motivated modifications in further implementations and redefinitions of the purpose to present the experiment in class. Finally, we were able to understand some reasons that obstruct teachers' engagement with academic research proposals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Most of the studies that analyze the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI), social competencies (SC) and academic performance use a variable-centered approach, but recently the person-centered approach--which enables a richer and more holistic understanding of the individual-- is gaining popularity. In this study, this person-centered approach was used with the goal of identifying and describing the EI and SC profiles of primary students and their characteristics, as well as of exploring their relationship with academic performance. The participants were 251 primary school students from Madeira, Portugal. Both EI and SC were evaluated through the Emotional Comprehension Test, the Emotional Quotient Inventory, the Social Intelligence Cognitive Test, and the Social Skills Assessment Test. A latent profile analysis identified six profiles with different skills and levels of self-perception competence of EI and SC. The profiles characterized by a minimum of emotional and social skills and a high self-perception of their competencies presented a better academic performance in Portuguese. These results underscore the importance of considering how both the students' skills and their self-evaluation of competencies are combined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reading is relevant to the formation of the person, due to the meaning constructed through it, bringing significance to that person's own existence. This research sought to investigate how two teachers of 3rd grade of Elementary School propose reading activities in the classroom with regard to their content: establishing relation between texts, inferring the meaning of words and expressions, appreciating literary texts, realizing the cause-consequence relationship, understanding the theme, perceiving dialogues, identifying production situations, social function, genre characteristics and the linguistic marks that compose it. The research, of a qualitative nature, was based on the results of the large-scale assessments applied to Brazilian students such as Prova Brasil and ANA (Avaliação Nacional de Alfabetização - National Literacy Assessment), which revealed the discrepant result on reading proficiency in the two investigated schools. One of the schools had an adequate reading level, with 88% of the students showing a better performance while the other had 47% of its students showing a lower performance. External evaluations were used as an indicator for analysis that showed the students' difficulties in the reading proficiency process as well as indicated the growth in the performance of a group of students due to the different pedagogical practices assumed by the teacher. The results revealed the relevance of a meaningful reading project for students in which the teacher promotes the involvement of learners in a planned, engaging class, with texts articulated with the interests and the realities of the students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nowadays, it seems to be indubitable the influence of the social media on the construction of the social collective as to the male and female behaviour model. Therefore, it is necessary to have knowledge about the contents that are offered to the infants. Since the launch of the first film in 1937, Disney has been, and keeps being, the most important entertainment company for all audiences. Therefore, given the fact that their contents are reiterated in any social media, it seems necessary to focus the attention on the aspects that the Disney company offers about the role of women in their movies. That role, although it has evolved over time, is stereotyped in their firsts movies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study analyzes the treatment given to heritage in the images of the teaching units aimed at teaching and learning history, taking as a sample books for the entire Primary Education stage from two major publishers in the Basque Country. An ad hoc categorization form consisting of 8 variables is used. The results indicate the presence of a majority of heritage materials of a historical-artistic typology, which are collectively recognized and are not usually nominalized, with a predominance of those related to the contemporary period. They also indicate that textbooks often do not encourage working directly with the heritage elements that appear in the images, nor do they establish links with the students' previous knowledge. This provides some keys for improving how school textbooks currently introduce heritage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Los Cuestionarios Nacionales de 1953 son los primeros de nuestra historia educativa dentro del nivel de Educación Primaria; eran válidos para todo el territorio nacional, pero obligatorios sólo en los Centros públicos. Constaban de ocho cuestionarios comunes para niños y niñas y tres cuestionarios separados para unos y otras, además de uno exclusivo para niños y tres exclusivos para niñas. Presentaban algunas orientaciones y enfoques que ya habían sido avanzados por la pedagogía normativa republicana, así como algunas innovaciones, desde la perspectiva de la pedagogía oficial franquista, que dejan entrever una pervivencia de ideas del anterior régimen educativo lo suficientemente neutras para no despertar recelos. En conjunto, se encuentran en ellos unas enunciaciones de alta potencialidad interdisciplinar, no concebibles a priori como hipótesis en una época convulsa como aquélla.

El presente estudio revisa la literatura científica publicada recientemente acerca del uso e impacto de la robótica en el área de Matemáticas en Educación Primaria, con el objetivo de: (a) analizar y evaluar la calidad de la literatura científica disponible; (b) investigar el uso que se le da a la robótica como herramienta pedagógica en la etapa y área nombradas anteriormente; (c) identificar y analizar las principales tendencias y hallazgos en la literatura científica con el uso de la robótica. La búsqueda se realizó en las bases de datos Dialnet, Scopus, WoS y EBSCOhost. Los resultados sugieren que la robótica educativa generalmente actúa como un elemento de mejora en el aprendizaje, mejorando sus habilidades de pensamiento computacional y resolución de problemas y sus habilidades espaciales. No obstante, este no es siempre el caso, debido al hecho de que existen estudios que informan de situaciones en las cuales no existe mejora en el aprendizaje. Dichos resultados se discuten en términos de sus implicaciones para investigaciones futuras y, a su vez, pueden proporcionar información útil e interesante para educadores, profesionales del sector e investigadores.

En el presente artículo pretendemos analizar la transformación reflexiva del alumnado a la que contribuye una maestra de educación primaria en el aula a partir de su trabajo diario con un proyecto interdisciplinario relacionado con el patrimonio. La investigación de carácter longitudinal y con fundamentos interpretativos hermenéuticos se caracteriza por ser un estudio de caso de una escuela de primaria de una localidad de Cataluña. Los datos recopilados a partir de la observación no participativa y las entrevistas se estructuraron en torno a cuatro dimensiones de análisis: 1) medio, patrimonio y escuela abierta al mundo, 2) interacción y construcción del conocimiento, 3) finalidades educativas y educación para la ciudadanía y 4) el rol docente. Seguidamente se corroboraron los datos cualitativos con el software libre Iramuteq. Los resultados han manifestado principalmente la relevancia de los docentes como agente del cambio educativo en la formación crítica de los estudiantes y han demostrado como el patrimonio puede ser un idóneo eje vertebrador de los proyectos interdisciplinarios.

Este estudio surge con el objetivo de analizar si existen diferencias entre el profesorado y las familias en la percepción de inclusión en las escuelas, su compromiso con la inclusión educativa y si la variable autoinformada «tener información sobre discapacidad» impacta en el compromiso con la inclusión. Para ello, se ha administrado el Cuestionario de percepción del centro educativo, tomado del Index for inclusion (Booth et al., 2006) y el Cuestionario de percepción y compromiso con la inclusión, adaptado del estudio de Sosa Farfán (2019). La muestra estuvo conformada por 539 participantes, 169 profesoras y profesores en activo, de educación infantil o primaria, de la región de Extremadura (España) y 370 familiares (madres o padres) de alumnos y alumnas escolarizados en estos centros. El diseño del estudio es descriptivo-transversal con medidas ex post facto. Los resultados muestran que las familias que manifiestan tener poca información sobre discapacidad perciben más inclusión en las escuelas. Familias y profesores coinciden en la elevada percepción de obstáculos y puntúan bajo en la variable prácticas inclusivas. Sin embargo, se aprecia entre las familias más compromiso con la inclusión. De ahí que se las considere como un recurso para apoyar este proceso.

La creatividad se define como la capacidad de ser sensible a los problemas, deficiencias y lagunas en la información, lo cual permite el surgimiento de ideas novedosas para la solución de problemas individuales y sociales, de ahí la importancia del desarrollo de instrumentos de evaluación en edades tempranas, con el propósito de planificar programas educativos para su promoción en el alumnado El objetivo de la investigación fue validar la Prueba de Pensamiento Creativo de Torrance Verbal A. Se trabajó con 107 estudiantes de una escuela primaria pública del Estado de México durante el ciclo escolar 2017-2018, quienes tenían una edad mínima de 9 años y máxima de 12 años. Se les aplicó la Prueba de Pensamiento Creativo de Torrance Verbal A (PPCTV-A) y Figural A (PPCTF-A), así como el Test de Matrices Progresivas Raven Forma Coloreada. Para conocer la validez psicométrica, se realizaron diferentes procedimientos estadísticos que permitieron corroborar la pertinencia del instrumento. Se encontró que el nivel de consistencia interna a través del Alpha de Cronbach de la PPCTV-A fue de 0.910. En cuanto a la validez convergente, la correlación de Pearson mostró asociaciones positivas y significativas entre los indicadores y la puntuación total del PPCTV-A con el puntaje final de la versión gráfica (.473**). Además, no se encontraron correlaciones entre PPCTV-A y razonamiento visoespacial, lo que comprueba la validez divergente. Se considera que la PPCTV-A cumple con los criterios estadísticos para su aplicación en niñas y niños de educación primaria y se coincide con diferentes autores al reconocer que el pensamiento divergente se expresa en distintos microdominios.

La progresiva integración de las tecnologías digitales en el contexto educativo ha propiciado el desarrollo de iniciativas en las que se reestructura el espacio escolar y se plantean modelos de enseñanza innovadores. Un caso concreto a nivel europeo son las “Aulas del Futuro”, las cuales se han extendido por diversos países y entre ellos España, que es nuestro contexto de investigación. Dada la novedad de esta experiencia se ha planteado un estudio cuantitativo exploratorio y diseño de encuesta. Se ha diseñado un cuestionario ad hoc que ha sido respondido por una muestra participante de 66 docentes que enseñan en Aulas del Futuro españolas. El análisis de datos es descriptivo y correlacional. Los resultados apuntan a que en estas aulas se utilizan principalmente metodologías activas, las evaluaciones que se realizan son mayoritariamente formativas y se emplean diversas tecnologías digitales como recursos de enseñanza (diferentes en Primaria y Secundaria). Se detecta una satisfacción generalizada del profesorado en torno a todas las dimensiones analizadas. Se concluye que existen numerosos resultados positivos, a pesar del carácter emergente de la propuesta y del consiguiente esfuerzo técnico y pedagógico que conlleva implementar este tipo de iniciativas.

Las redes sociales se han convertido en un contexto de gran influencia en la socialización, el aprendizaje y la formación de la personalidad de infantes y adolescentes. El presente trabajo parte de dos objetivos. Por un lado, conocer la prevalencia de uso de redes sociales en una muestra de preadolescentes españoles, analizando qué redes sociales usan más y posibles diferencias en función del género. Por otro lado, conocer a quién siguen y qué tipo de contenidos ven en las redes sociales, analizando también posibles diferencias entre ellos y ellas. Para ello, se aplicó un cuestionario de autoinforme sobre uso de redes sociales a 548 estudiantes (49.7% chicas) de 6º de Educación Primaria (10-13 años). Los resultados obtenidos muestran un uso generalizado de las redes sociales en estas edades. Principalmente se usan aplicaciones que permiten compartir y ver vídeos, así como aplicaciones de mensajería instantánea. El patrón de uso muestra resultados congruentes con los roles de género tradicionales. Los chicos siguen más que las chicas publicaciones sobre deporte o videojuegos. Las chicas siguen más que los chicos publicaciones sobre música, moda, salud/belleza, política, arte y famosos. Las chicas siguen a través de redes sociales a familiares, en mayor medida que los chicos. Se discuten las principales implicaciones educativas de estos resultados.

La presente investigación tuvo como propósito analizar la relación entre los factores de la competencia autopercibida docente y los enfoques de enseñanza en el profesorado de educación primaria. La muestra fue de tipo incidental bajo el enfoque cuantitativo, con un diseño no experimental, transversal y de alcance relacional. La muestra estuvo conformada por 158 docentes de un municipio del sur del estado de Sonora. Se aplicó la Escala de Evaluación de la Competencia Autopercibida del Docente en Educación Primaria [ECAD-EP] y el Cuestionario Enfoques de Enseñanza [CEE]. Se utilizó SPSS Versión 25 para el análisis de los datos. Como hallazgo principal se destaca que cuanto mayor sea el enfoque centrado en el alumno, mayor será la competencia autopercibida docente. Se concluye que existen relaciones significativas entre los factores de la competencia autopercibida docente (socioemocional, comunicativo-relacional e instruccional) y los enfoques de enseñanza (enfoque centrado en el profesor y en el alumno).