Uno de los grandes problemas de la educación española es el incremento de la conflictividad y de la violencia dentro y fuera de los centros escolares. Existen programas de prevención e intervención puestos en marcha por la administración educativa, como los planes de convivencia, que no han tenido los resultados esperados. El objetivo de este estudio es analizar y evaluar los planes de convivencia que se están implementando en centros de Educación Secundaria en España. Para ello se ha tomado una muestra de N=806 centros educativos españoles. Se utilizó la Matriz de evaluación de los planes de convivencia validada a través del juicio de expertos; las valoraciones de los ítems seleccionados se han operativizado con el Método de Osterlind (1989). La fiabilidad del instrumento obtuvo un Alpha de Cronbach de.876 de consistencia; los análisis estadísticos de los datos se realizan con el programa SPSS 23.0. Para la evaluación de los Planes de Convivencia se empleó la metodología participativa (De Miguel, 2009), donde intervinieron 5 expertos y 30 estudiantes-investigadores. Los hallazgos evidencian que la única fortaleza de los planes de convivencia es el adecuado planteamiento de los objetivos, mientras que las debilidades son el diagnóstico, que no refleja la realidad personal, familiar ni el entorno social del alumno; la inadecuada temporalización de las actividades; la falta de responsables y el deficiente seguimiento y evaluación. Se concluye que es necesario un enfoque holístico, práctico y realista de la convivencia en los centros orientado al cambio en la cultura escolar. One of the great problems of Spanish education is the increase of conflict and violence inside and outside schools. There are prevention and intervention programs put in place by the educational administration, such as coexistence plans, which have not had the expected results. The objective of this study is to analyse and evaluate the coexistence plans that are being implemented in Secondary Education centres in Spain. For this, a sample of N = 806 Spanish educational centres has been taken. The evaluation matrix of coexistence plans was used, validated through expert judgment; the valuations of the selected items have been operationalized with the Osterlind Method (1989). The reliability of the instrument obtained an Alpha of Cronbach of.876 of consistency; the statistical analyses of the data are carried out with the SPSS 23.0 program. For the evaluation of the Coexistence Plans, the participative methodology was used (De Miguel, 2009) in which 5 experts and 30 student-researchers intervened. Findings show that the strength of the coexistence plans is the adequate setting of the objectives, while the weaknesses are the diagnosis, which does not reflect the personal, family or social environment of the student; inadequate timing of activities; the lack of responsible; and poor monitoring and evaluation. It is concluded that a holistic, practical and realistic approach for coexistence in schools is necessary, aimed at changing school culture.

A case study of domestic abuse is presented from the perspective of the socio-structural basis of gender violence. The research analyzes gender violence based on the accounts of a group of 30 women who have suffered abuse and have filed reports at the Judicial Unit for victims of domestic violence in the city of Cuenca (Ecuador). Survivors agreed to express their voices and experiences voluntarily and in a natural context. The results demonstrate, on one hand, the enormous weight of social pressure and stereotypes, with the resulting fear, guilt, and sense of helplessness. On the other hand, the guarantees of safety and assistance from the institutions that should protect them have not always been within reach, nor have they been sufficient.

En este artículo describimos y analizamos la experiencia de innovación metodológica en una asignatura del grado de Maestro de Educación Infantil de la Universidad de Alicante. Considerando que las telecomunicaciones digitales son imprescindibles en la formación inicial y permanente del docente y, fundamentales, para mejorar el trabajo colaborativo del profesorado, el objetivo de esta investigación ha sido conocer y analizar la efectividad de las redes sociales y las plataformas virtuales para el desarrollo de un aprendizaje cooperativo en el aula. Se ha adoptado una metodología mixta (cuantitativa y cualitativa), siendo el instrumento de recogida de datos el cuestionario en el que participaron 63 estudiantes. El tratamiento de los datos se ha realizado con los programas SPSS.19 y AQUAD 6. Los resultados muestran que los estudiantes están satisfechos con el uso de la metodología y el trabajo colaborativo, considerados ambos como óptimos para la elaboración del proyecto. Sin embargo, las conclusiones de este estudio muestran: 1) todavía estamos lejos de considerar a las tecnologías de la comunicación como un elemento natural en las actividades de enseñanza-aprendizaje; 2) no resulta sencilla su integración en un entorno institucional virtual.

Within the framework of schools as communities of learning and practice, the purpose of the research upon which this article is based has been to analyze the perceptions of families with respect to the strengths, weaknesses, and challenges of the European Schools. The findings of the research show that parents value highly the existence of the European Schools. However, they feel that more authentic participation and greater transparency is needed to transform the tendency toward bureaucratization and centralization in the system.

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to seek insights into the demands and challenges faced by school principals in Spain, especially in their dealings with local education authorities.Design/methodology/approach: In all, 100 principals from public infant, primary and secondary schools in Alicante (Spain) participated in the study, which was carried out from a qualitative research perspective using deductive content analysis.Findings: Most participants noted the need to improve channels of communication with, and support from, the local education authority. They also stressed the desirability of increasing their autonomy, reducing bureaucratic tasks and improving working conditions, which is in line with the international framework. Their narratives make it clear that they remain tied to a management leadership model but actually aspire to an instructive leadership.Research limitations/implications: An absence of triangulation and the use of a single data collection technique are the limitations of this paper.Practical implications: These participants are practising professionals who are proposing ways to improve aspects of their working lives based on actual experience. Acknowledging their voices could inspire the design of policies aimed at improving the principal’s role in Spain.Originality/value: Knowledge is contributed to the area of study into proposals for improving the role of the principal, but with new and contextualised insights.

Implementación y evaluación de una estrategia gimnástica colaborativa