To improve initial teacher training programs and favora positive encounter between students and those who design and implement them, it is necessary to have up-to-date information on entry profiles. This article describes the students according to their life experiences, previous knowledge, professional development and learning goals to know opportunities, needs and improvement trends. From a qualitative orientation, 62 initial evaluation tasks were selected for first-year students of the General Didactics subject of the Master's degree in Primary Education at Universidad XXX from the 2014-15 to 2019-20 academic year. The documentary analysis was supported by the computer software Atlas ti 9 from which emerged, through the articulation of the grounded theory, a set of categories whose relationships and interpretations, results were obtained that evidenced, among others: high teaching vocation and ideas preconceived in training and professional interests oriented to educational change. As main conclusions, it is proposed to connect with training and professionalexperiences related to the educational field as precursory teaching elements; promote innovative, participatory and teamwork methodologies; and guide the theory to educational practice and teaching organization. Para mejorar los programas de formación inicial docente y favorecer un encuentro positivo entre el alumnado y quienes los diseñan e implementan, es necesario disponer de información actualizada sobre los perfiles de entrada. Este artículo describe al alumnado según sus experiencias de vida, conocimientos previos, desarrollo profesional y metas de aprendizaje para conocer oportunidades, necesidades y tendencias de mejora. Desde una orientación cualitativa se seleccionaron 62 tareas de evaluación inicial del estudiantado de primer curso de la asignatura Didáctica General del grado de Maestro/a en Educación Primaria de la Universidad XXX desde el curso 2014-15 hasta 2019-20. El análisis documental fue apoyado por el software informático Atlas ti 9 del que emergieron, por medio de la articulación de la teoría fundamentada, un conjunto de categorías de cuyas relaciones e interpretaciones, se obtuvieron resultados que evidenciaban, entre otros: alta vocación docente e ideas preconcebidas en la formación e intereses profesionales orientados al cambio educativo. Como principales conclusiones se plantea conectar con la formación y experiencias profesionales afines al ámbito educativo como elementos precursores docentes; potenciar metodologías innovadoras, participativas y de trabajo en equipo; y orientar la teoría a la práctica educativa y a la organización docente.

There is a sizeable corpus of research on the difficulties experienced by young people in care as they transition to adult life. This provides a robust scientific basis for the design and implementation of policies and programs supporting this process. Assessment capacities have increased significantly, with more detailed profiles of youths in care and better evaluations of the programs and projects being carried out. This study evaluates the training methods that are being developed by socio-educational action programs and projects. We adopted a participative and systematic approach using quantitative, exploratory, descriptive, and correlational methodology. The study included young people in residential facilities, young people living independently, and their reference educators. Three instruments were used: the EVAP test battery (Assessment of Personal Autonomy) to analyze basic sociodemographic data, dimensions having to do with the home life and situation of youths in state care, and their abilities and expectations; EDATVA (Transition to Adulthood Autonomy Scale for Young People); and the the Ryff Scale for Psychological Well-Being. The sample included 99 reference educators in addition to 384 young people aged 17 to 23 (100 with residential support and 284 living independently). Results show that projects focusing on the transition to adulthood, and on life and relationship skills, have been successful in helping young people enter the adult world feeling satisfied with their lives. At the same time, the dimensions involving family relationships and household management will require targeted attention if these projects are to be more effective.

Time atomisation trends, leisure economy, and social and technological changes are causing a reframe of the leisure and free-time industry. This study aims to analyse the assessment of nine cross-cutting contents by the main agents involved in leisure-time instructor courses, and a group of young subjects in Spain. The study sample consisted of 1049 individuals, including management and technical teams, leisure and free-time schoolteachers, leisure and free-time school students (receiving the leisure-time instructor course), and finally a group of external young subjects. An ad hoc questionnaire was used, and the results were analysed through a correlational study using contingency tables and chi-square and Somers’ D statistics, Spearman’s correlation to determine within-population correlations, and the Kruskal–Wallis test to establish that these relationships were not randomly established. The results show that all the analysed agents valued the training proposal of cross-cutting contents as a consolidated item. This indicates that the nine cross-cutting contents should be maintained in these courses. Social Skills content was crowned as the defining content of this training, and there was dissonance in the ICT-Use content, which was not highly valued by main agents but was highly valued by young people, leading to the need to review this content to adjust it to the real needs of the young population.

La adquisición de competencias digitales en las personas jóvenes sigue siendo un desafío educativo y, en este sentido, el ocio y tiempo libre (OyTL) se presenta como un ámbito formativo a explorar. Esta investigación analiza la percepción que tienen las personas jóvenes sobre sus competencias digitales en el ámbito del OyTL mediante un estudio descriptivo y correlacional con la finalidad de valorar su implementación en los programas de OyTL. La competencia digital se mide a través de un cuestionario diseñado ad hoc con cinco dimensiones relacionadas con el Marco Europeo de Competencias Digitales (DigComp) –alfabetización en información y datos, comunicación y colaboración, creación de contenido digital, resolución de problemas y seguridad –materializadas en 33 ítems, y tres variables atributivas– tipo de participante, sexo y edad. La muestra es de 947 jóvenes de diferentes partes de España: 376 vinculados a cursos de monitor de OyTL –formadores o alumnado–, y 571 no vinculados. El análisis evidencia una covarianza significativa y directa entre las cinco competencias digitales del proyecto DigComp en el OyTL. Especialmente, la competencia relacionada con la seguridad muestra resultados significativos según tipo de participante, sexo y edad. Se presenta una formación en el OyTL que favorece la adquisición de competencias digitales y compensa deficiencias formativas en otros ámbitos educativos.

Digital competence of young people undertaking leisure and free time training programs

Evaluación participativa del empoderamiento juvenil con grupos de jóvenes. Análisis de casos