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It is urgent to evaluate the rest of the renewed elements within the university didactic action, overcoming the hegemony of traditional methods in which the professor constitutes as the sole evaluator. If autonomous and cooperative group-based learning is encouraged, self-assessment and co-assessment must also be promoted, apart from the traditional lecturing and evaluation by others. The assessing competence of Teacher Training degree students (n = 175) was researched, started with stratified sampling (in the second and fourth years), following a participant selection process in each group. The compiled data were subject to descriptive, inferential, and correlation analysis by means of statistical software. The results pointed to low execution levels as for the self-evaluation (individual and group), although a certain progress was identified in the four year students compared to those in their second year of study. A better execution in evaluation was observed in all students regarding co-assessment (among different work groups in the classroom) and assessment by others (towards the professor). The use of all types of assessment is proposed, having a certain awareness and training regarding self-evaluation, and counting with a full supervision and control over it. All in all, the advantages of multiple and democratic assessment surpass the drawbacks derived from them. ; This research was funded by Unidad de Calidad, Innovación y Prospectiva (Quality, Innovation and Foresight Unit) of the University of Granada asaTeaching Innovation Project

El artículo tiene como objetivo analizar las principales líneas de investigación españolas en educación especial (EE), durante el periodo 2006-2010. Se revisaron un total de 771 documentos para verificar los tópicos o temas que concitan una mayor atención por parte de estudiosos e investigadores del campo. Se trata, pues, de un exhaustivo estudio documental basado en el análisis bibliométrico, a partir del rastreo de diferentes fuentes documentales españolas (revistas representativas, actas anuales de Jornadas sobre educación especial y proyectos de investigación y desarrollo), y su posterior análisis de contenido, a partir de la categorización o clasificación de las investigaciones de acuerdo con categorías preestablecidas en base al corpus teórico del campo. Los resultados de investigación señalan que las líneas más preferidas fueron "las discapacidades" y "las fórmulas curriculares para responder a sus necesidades educativas especiales", y las menos preferidas "el profesorado" y "las necesidades y los apoyos para mejorar su competencia profesional". Se concluye, pues, que los tópicos de "alumnado" y "currículo" están consolidados más en la tradición investigadora, a través de las revistas científicas y jornadas especializadas, y menos en los proyectos financiados donde se observa un descenso de aportaciones. Las lagunas en investigación son las líneas referidas a "contextos" y sobre todo a "profesorado".

Acquiring writing skills requires an entire academic lifetime but acceptable levels of proficiency should be covered in compulsory education. This research verifies the beginner, intermediate and advanced levels of writing skills in the Spanish education system. It compares both the development of knowledge and the associated difficulties in interviews with 40 students from the even years of primary and secondary education. Descriptive and correlational analyses were made, after coding their statements according to the theoretical model used. They revealed an unexpected stagnation, depending on the levels, with important educational implications. ; This research was financed by the Andalusian Regional Government (Spain) and the ERDF (European Regional Development Fund), Programme for STRENGTHENING R&D&I at the University of Granada.

En este artículo se aboga por una educación de calidad en el marco de una escuela inclusiva. A este efecto, se analizan los movimientos de la integración escolar y de la escuela inclusiva, habida cuenta de la existencia de evidencias que muestran cómo el sistema educativo, en ocasiones, no atiende equitativamente a todos los individuos. Se defiende la necesidad de una escuela inclusiva y una escuela para todos y se postula que los modelos educativos diferenciados no contribuyen a mejorar la calidad de la enseñanza. Cada vez más, la educación inclusiva gana adeptos y se configura como una filosofía imprescindible en la sociedad actual, por cuanto representa el rechazo de políticas y prácticas que declinan ante la exclusión. Sólo una sociedad sustancialmente distinta tiene capacidad para incluir a personas diferentes y respetar sus condiciones de vida. ; This paper argues for a quality education within an inclusive school. For this purpose, the movements of school integration and inclusive school are analysed, taking into account the evidences that show the education system sometimes does not attend equally to all individuals. The need for an inclusive school and a school for everyone is advocated and it is postulated that different educational models do not contribute to improve the quality of teaching. Inclusive education is gaining more and more adherents and it is an essential philosophy in today's society, since it represents a rejection of politics and practices that decline before the exclusion. Only a substantially different society has the capacity to include different people and respect their life condition. ; Este artigo defende uma educação de qualidade dentro de uma escola inclusiva. Para este fim, são analisados os movimentos de integração escolar e da escola inclusiva, dada a existência de evidências que mostram como o sistema de ensino, às vezes, não atende equitativamente a todos os indivíduos. Defende-se a necessidade de uma escola inclusiva e uma escola para todos, e postula-se que os diferentes modelos de ensino não contribuem para melhorar a qualidade do ensino. Cada vez mais, a educação inclusiva ganha maior número de adeptos ao configurar-se como uma filosofia imprescindível na atual sociedade, em oposição às políticas e práticas de exclusão. Só uma sociedade substancialmente distinta tem capacidade de incluir pessoas diferentes e respeitar as suas condições de vida.

It is urgent to evaluate the rest of the renewed elements within the university didactic action, overcoming the hegemony of traditional methods in which the professor constitutes as the sole evaluator. If autonomous and cooperative group-based learning is encouraged, self-assessment and co-assessment must also be promoted, apart from the traditional lecturing and evaluation by others. The assessing competence of Teacher Training degree students (n = 175) was researched, started with stratified sampling (in the second and fourth years), following a participant selection process in each group. The compiled data were subject to descriptive, inferential, and correlation analysis by means of statistical software. The results pointed to low execution levels as for the self-evaluation (individual and group), although a certain progress was identified in the four year students compared to those in their second year of study. A better execution in evaluation was observed in all students regarding co-assessment (among different work groups in the classroom) and assessment by others (towards the professor). The use of all types of assessment is proposed, having a certain awareness and training regarding self-evaluation, and counting with a full supervision and control over it. All in all, the advantages of multiple and democratic assessment surpass the drawbacks derived from them. ; Unidad de Calidad, Innovación y Prospectiva (Quality, Innovation and Foresight Unit) of the University of Granada

En este artículo se revisa el tratamiento que las enseñanzas de formación profesional han recibido en las diferentes reformas del sistema educativo español. En perspectiva histórica, se analizan las disposiciones legales más representativas que regulan estas enseñanzas, y se describe el nuevo sistema de formación profesional dual, recientemente regulado en España. Se concluye subrayando la necesidad de que las instituciones educativas y los centros de trabajo generen conjuntamente entornos de aprendizaje donde todas las partes puedan aprender, así como la conveniencia de integrar los conocimientos teóricos y prácticos para desarrollar competencias de alto nivel, con el fin de mejorar las perspectivas laborales de las personas, su empleabilidad y la mejora de la competitividad de las empresas. ; his article shows the treatment that the professional training teaching has received in the different reforms of the Spanish educational system. From the historical perspective, the main laws that regulate this teaching are analyzed and it is described the new dual professional training system which has recently been regulated in Spain. This article concludes emphasizing the necessity that the educational institutions and the work centers jointly must produce learning environments where all the parties must be able to learn and this article also concludes that it is convenient that both theoretical and practical knowledges must be integrated so that high level competences are developed in order to improve the labor perspectives of the people, their employability and the improvement in the competitiveness of the companies.

AbstractBackgroundStudies on the writing of students with intellectual disabilities have been scarce and unrepresentative. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to analyse this group of students' abilities to plan their textsMethodA collective case study was carried out, with an eminently qualitative approach, although aided by an initial quantitative analysis. Fifteen students with unspecified intellectual disabilities were interviewed using open‐ended questions. For data interpretation, content analysis and quantification of responses were used.ResultsThe results revealed the abilities and limitations of these students regarding the knowledge and use of one of the key processes of written expression (writing planning).ConclusionThe cognitive operations of planning, in which these students admitted the greatest problems, were the ordering and recording of ideas, and textual structuring.

It is time to undertake changes in the evaluation methods we use, especially in higher education. These changes in the actors responsible for evaluation would combine hegemonic traditional evaluating processes with other, more democratic modalities, which would turn the predominantly institutional rating purposes of evaluation into a learning experience, and develop a competence in evaluation in students. Only in this way can coherence be achieved within the context of the student's initiative and the construction of their learning, mainly because of their real empowerment in the didactic process, either individually or in groups. A virtual platform has been developed to avoid increasing the teaching load and it is exposed in this work. The platform has been built and validated by potential users following the design-based research model. Its description, as well as its results, are explained. Regarding the description, two interfaces are mentioned—one for teachers and another for students. Concerning its validation, the results of this quantitative and qualitative study confirm its functionality as a valid tool for evaluation. It is predicted that the utilization and impact of this tool will not only be beneficial for the evaluation dimension, but also for the overall improvement of the teaching experience.