Quality education is understood as one of the most powerful and proven drivers for ensuring sustainable development, which can be applied in various educational contexts, formal and non-formal, and which can generate multiple benefits for the general public. Given its relevance, this article presents a bibliometric approach of the scientific production generated around Sustainable Development Goal (SPG) 4 that seeks to “Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning” as a priority objective of 2030 Agenda. To develop this research, a literature search was conducted in the Web of Science and Scopus databases. The final sample was 240 publications. The data were analyzed around ten variables: year of publication, type of document, area of indexation, periodical publications, most productive authors, institutions, countries, languages, most cited articles, and key words. The findings of this study indicate that quality education, within the Sustainable Development Goals, is gaining relevance, with 2019 being the year with the highest scientific production. This is a growing theme that is transmitted mainly through articles and papers in English, and there are no institutions, research groups or authors with a broad scientific background and production. The conclusion is that this bibliometric approach is important and necessary to know the reality of scientific production on this subject and to be able to make proposals and lines of research for its development.

Technologies have more and more influence on training, being essential to improve the digital competence of the whole society, especially the agents involved in education. The objective of this study is to analyse the perceptions of future primary teachers about their level of digital competence. A quantitative longitudinal panel design was applied (pre-test and post-test), with a descriptive, inferential and predictive approach. The sample consisted of 185 prospective primary teachers from the University of Malaga (Spain), in the academic year 2021-2022, who answered the “Digital Competence Questionnaire for Future Teachers” in the context of a subject on educational technology. The results reflect positive perceptions on the level of digital competence after finishing the subject, with significant differences by gender in favour of men. The variables autonomous learning and motivation were predictors of the participants' perceptions, including that of adequate training only for women. In conclusion, it is necessary to continue reinforcing the initial training of teachers to improve their digital competence. Las tecnologías tienen cada vez más influencia en la formación, siendo fundamental la mejora de la competencia digital de toda la sociedad, en especial los agentes implicados en la educación. El objetivo de este estudio es analizar las percepciones de futuros docentes de primaria sobre su nivel de competencia digital. Se aplicó un diseño cuantitativo de panel longitudinal (pre-test y post-test), con un enfoque descriptivo, inferencial y predictivo. La muestra la conformaron 185 futuros docentes de primaria de la Universidad de Málaga (España) en el curso 2021/2022, quienes respondieron al “Cuestionario de Competencia Digital para Futuros Docentes” en el contexto de una asignatura sobre tecnología educativa. Los resultados reflejan unas percepciones positivas sobre el nivel de competencia digital tras acabar la asignatura, existiendo diferencias significativas por sexos en favor de los hombres. Las variables aprendizaje autónomo y motivación fueron predictoras de las percepciones de los participantes, incluyendo la de formación adecuada solo para las mujeres. Como conclusión, es necesario seguir reforzando la formación inicial de los docentes para mejorar su competencia digital.

In increasingly diverse cultural contexts, the intercultural perspective favors an enriching coexistence between cultures, with volunteering being an exercise that allows for a critical transformation of reality in order to achieve a more supportive and equitable society. This article aims to find out how university students conceive of volunteering, as well as their level of participation. The sample was made up of 208 students from the Pedagogy and Social Education degrees of the University of Granada during the 2019/2020 academic year. An ad hoc questionnaire was applied, which incorporated a standardised instrument (Adapted Values Test), as well as questions designed by the authors. The results underline the positive axiological perception of volunteering. The participants understand volunteering as a helping role that depends on the social, personal, and professional motivations of the students. However, this positive perception is not transformed into active participation and continuous links with voluntary organisations. The conclusions indicate that university students value volunteering as a necessary task for the social good, although their participation is low, and it is necessary to transform the pro-social awareness of university students into real participation.

The excessive use of ICTs is a growing problem among young people. The social isolation caused by COVID-19 can increase these inappropriate behaviour. This study aims at analysing the problematic use of ICTs in trainee teachers based on the gender variable before and after the COVID-19 lockdown based on the gender variable. A longitudinal panel design was carried out with pre-test and post-test measurements based on the gender variable. The sample consisted of 147 students from the Faculty of Education at the University of Malaga who were tested using a validated instrument: MULTICAGE-TIC. The results show that women used ICTs at a higher risk than men before lockdown, except for video games. During lockdown, men obtain higher scores than women in all the analysed ICTs (except for mobile phones). Both genders reach dependency level in all ICTs except for video games in women. The significant increase in all ICTs shows that the effects of the pandemic, such as restrictions on mobility and social interaction, have influenced such growth.

La COVID-19 ha generado una serie de cambios en las diferentes esferas de nuestras vidas. Estos cambios han sido especialmente visibles en el ámbito educativo, donde ha sido necesario repensar los procesos formativos de forma urgente en términos de no presencialidad. En base a esta situación, el presente trabajo presenta una experiencia de Flipped learning llevada a cabo con los estudiantes del primer curso del Grado en Pedagogía de la Universitat de València. Asimismo, se propone un análisis sobre la concepción previa de los estudiantes sobre esta metodología y su percepción tras finalizar su implementación, ofreciendo una visión trasversal. Para ello, se ha recogido la información de los 107 participantes a través de un instrumento validado para analizar la utilidad de recursos y metodologías en base a tres dimensiones: comunicativa, instrumental y pedagógica. Los resultados apuntan a que la percepción de utilidad por parte de los estudiantes es mayor en el post-test que en el pre-test en las tres dimensiones. Asimismo, destaca que, mientras que en el pre-test la mayor puntuación se asociaba a la dimensión instrumental, en el post-test la mayor utilidad se vincula a la dimensión pedagógica, materializando la importancia de la experiencia de los participantes y el impacto del flipped classroom en su aprendizaje.

In order for students to be the protagonists of the teaching and learning process, teachers must change their role in the classroom. A successful alternative is the flipped classroom methodology, where educational technology is integrated into a reorganisation and optimisation of class time. Based on this alternative, this paper aims to analyse the perceptions of future teachers about the FC as an active methodology. A quantitative longitudinal panel design was carried out with pre-test and post-test measures, with a descriptive, inferential and predictive approach. The sample consisted of 284 prospective teachers from the University of Malaga (Spain), who were asked about their perceptions of the FC using an ad hoc questionnaire. The results reflect positive perceptions of the FC methodology on the part of the future teachers, with significant differences by gender in favour of men. The variables gender, re-watching videos, digital competence and autonomous learning were predictors of the participants’ perceptions. In conclusion, it is important to highlight the importance of implementing active methodologies such as the FC with future teachers that they can use when carrying out their work.