The purpose of this research is to investigate the opinions of future teachers on their experience using Socrative exit tickets in the university classroom. For this purpose, the Socrative program was implemented as a learning tool within the education programs of two large universities in Spain, and a questionnaire was created by adapting instruments from previous research. The results show that the use of exit tickets improves the participants’ reported attention and perceived abilities to reflect on, synthesize and analyze the course content. In addition, the use of Socrative facilitates instructors in identifying the degree of understanding or difficulties of students.

Access to high-quality bilingual education is critical and has evolved in many different ways during the last decades. Given recent efforts to enhance bilingual education, it is important to examine the perceptions of the current education workforce who serve students in bilingual education programs. A hundred and sixty-four bilingual education professionals from Spain and the U.S. participated in the research. They completed a questionnaire about the effect of educational climate and policies in their own countries. Findings show that teachers from Spain rate bilingual education higher than teachers from the U.S. There are significant differences in their general perceptions and insights about resources, collaboration, students, parents and community. Being proficient in two languages seems to have a positive effect on two categories: general perceptions and perceptions about parents. Our findings also suggest that the years of teaching experience influence their responses and there is a need for more professional development in both countries.

The aim of the study is to investigate the impact of embedding the computer-based ‘Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Simulation Series’ within teacher education curricula in higher education institutions in the US and in Spain. A quantitative survey design was used to explore student teachers’ perceptions of the simulation experience. The sample consisted of 95 undergraduate education students from Chicago State University (US) and Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Spain). Participants attended a session where they played a 21-34-minute simulation, and afterwards completed an online questionnaire. As a result of the study, it was found that the simulation helps students learn strategies to promote family engagement and deepen their knowledge to promote positive, goal-oriented relationships with families. Based on the results, it can be asserted that the simulation also supports student teachers’ in-depth learning when practicing active listening skills and relationship-building strategies.

The English version of the “Math and Me Survey” was developed to measure mathematical attitudes of elementary students. This study was used to translate, validate and examine the attitudes of Spanish students in the second and fourth grades of primary school. The translation-back translation procedure was adopted. A total of 81 students (42 boys and 39 girls), with a mean age of 8.19 years completed the Spanish survey. The psychometric properties of the adapted survey were examined by internal consistency, reliability and factorial structure. The exploratory factor analysis of the 18-item adapted questionnaire provided a two-factor structure, similar to the original questionnaire: mathematical self-concept and enjoyment of mathematics. For each factor, the Spanish survey had high internal consistency, respectively ω = .89 and ω =.91. However, the confirmatory factor analysis did not show overall good fit. The adapted survey should be interpreted with caution, suggesting a need for further investigation to be used as an effective tool for evaluating math self-concept and enjoyment in a Spanish-speaking context. In addition, the results of its application indicated that (1) second-graders had a better mathematics self-concept and enjoy mathematics more than fourth-graders, and (2) boys had a greater mathematics self-concept than girls, but girls enjoyed this subject more in second grade.

This research aimed to evaluate the emotional intelligence of future teachers and its relationship with attitudes towards people with disabilities, sexism, and bullying behaviors. Using a non-experimental design under a quantitative approach, 1004 future teaching subjects were selected by convenience sampling from different Faculties of Education in Spanish universities. The following instruments were applied online: for emotional intelligence, the TMMS-24; for bullying assessment, the Bullying Questionnaire-CAME; the General Scale of Attitudes towards People with Disabilities (2016) and the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (ASI). Results indicated that both male and female future teachers exhibited low levels of emotional intelligence. A correlation was observed between greater emotional intelligence and more positive attitudes towards people with disabilities, as well as a lower tendency towards sexism. Additionally, a relationship was found between greater emotional attention and a lower tendency to bully from the victim’s perspective. These findings highlight the importance of developing emotional intelligence in future teachers to improve their interactions with students and promote a more inclusive and respectful school environment.

Este artículo se centra en el dominio de Inclusión Social propuesto por Verdugo, M. Á., Gómez, L. E., Arias, B., Santamaría, M., Clavero, D., y Tamarit, J. (2013) como parte del constructo Calidad de Vida. En concreto, se analiza, por un lado, su satisfacción en una población de mujeres con discapacidad intelectual. Por otro lado, también se estudia la relación que hay entre la inclusión social y el cumplimiento de los objetivos propuestos para cada una de las usuarias en su Programa Individual de Atención (PIA).