Virginia Morcillo Loro

Dr. Virginia Morcillo Loro

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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 May 2025 in Healthcare
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VLVirginia Morcillo Loro
Virginia Morcillo Loro
MFMaria Ferrer-Ribot
Maria Ferrer-Ribot
BMBartomeu Mut-Amengual
Bartomeu Mut-Amengual
SBSara Bagur
Sara Bagur
MRMaria Rosa Rosselló
Maria Rosa Rosselló
Suicide has become one of the leading causes of mortality among the adolescent population. This worrisome fact demands an exhaustive analysis of this social phenomenon’s reality. Objective: This paper aims to carry out a systematic review of the existing scientific literature in recent years on suicide among minors and adolescents. Method: To achieve this purpose, central databases, WoS, Scopus, and Dialnet, were analyzed, obtaining 34 articles. Results: The results are structured into three main categories. (1) Risk factors: psychological and mental health factors, family and context factors, and, finally, school factors. (2) Prevention: School as prevention, emotional education programs, and tools to deal with this situation. And, finally, the third block, (3) family experiences in the face of suicidal behavior. Conclusions: The studies reviewed highlight the enormous complexity of this problem and show a worrying situation regarding suicide, considering multifactorial aspects such as depression, psychosocial issues, and mood disorders, as well as causes related to the school environment, such as bullying and lack of connection with school. In addition, they denote the importance of family factors in this aspect. Finally, the results highlight the importance of prevention and early detection, underlining the need to develop concrete actions to alleviate this growing situation among adolescents.

1 January 2024 in Revista Colombiana de Educación
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MRMaría Rosa Rosselló
María Rosa Rosselló
CPCarme Pinya
Carme Pinya
VLVirginia Morcillo Loro
Virginia Morcillo Loro
Este artículo persigue identificar los principales indicadores que definen, a nivel teórico, cualquier innovación educativa. El trabajo se enmarca en el debate actual sobre cómo replantear la escuela en el siglo xxi, ante la creciente proliferación de experiencias innovadoras que, impulsadas por administraciones educativas o por equipos docentes, se desarrollan sin sistematizar evidencias de los resultados obtenidos. Teórica y metodológicamente, el estudio adopta el enfoque propio de la metainvestigación. Desde el punto de vista metodológico, se lleva a cabo una revisión sistematizada de la bibliografía, analizando la producción científica de los diez últimos años. Se procedió a un análisis de contenido, lo que permitió establecer un decálogo de términos. En la segunda fase, se sometió este decálogo a la validación de jueces, quienes validaron los indicadores de innovación en función de tres categorías (Congruencia, Pertinencia y Claridad) analizadas a partir de porcentajes de acuerdo y el valor free-marginal kappa. Los resultados del estudio apuntan a que la concordancia media entre los jueces varía, pues es buena para cuatro de los indicadores propuestos, media en otros cinco y débil, en solo uno de los casos. La revisión sistematizada y validada ofrece un panel de diez indicadores como rasgos básicos que caracterizan una innovación educativa: Novedad, Intencionalidad, Contextualización, Aprendizaje significativo, Planificación y documentación, Evaluación, Valor añadido, Sostenibilidad, Comunicación y colaboración y Liderazgo pedagógico. Este decálogo supone un primer paso en la confección de una hoja de ruta capaz de guiar la recogida de evidencias y la validación de las experiencias.

18 January 2025 in Teacher Development
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VLVirginia Morcillo Loro
Virginia Morcillo Loro
CPC. Pinya
C. Pinya
MFM. Ferrer-Ribot
M. Ferrer-Ribot
MOM. Oliver-Barceló
M. Oliver-Barceló

4 November 2025 in Review of Educational Research
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MOMar Oliver-Barceló
Mar Oliver-Barceló
VLVirginia Morcillo Loro
Virginia Morcillo Loro
MFMaria Ferrer-Ribot
Maria Ferrer-Ribot
CPCarme Pinya
Carme Pinya
Quality education relies on excellent teaching practices, which require continuous adaptation of curricular frameworks to evolving educational contexts. However, early childhood teaching competencies remain insufficiently explored in current literature. This systematic scoping review analyzes 58 studies, including both comprehensive competency frameworks and research focused on the development of single teaching competencies. The review reveals that psychopedagogical competencies are the most frequently addressed, followed by emotional support and reflective practice, while collaborative competencies are less commonly emphasized. The analysis highlights a growing interest in competencies aligned with the sustainable development goals, particularly inclusion and equity. These findings offer relevant insights for refining competency frameworks and improving initial teacher education. They also underscore the importance of integrating reflective, emotional, and context-responsive training approaches to better prepare future ECE teachers for the complex demands of their profession.