The development of related technological skills in secondary students is perceived as unachievable if the teachers do not have enough technological expertise to guide their students. This study was based on investigating digital competence on the population of graduate students undertaking a Master’s degree in Education to train as teachers for the secondary educational level. The study made it possible to conclude, on the one hand, the homogeneity of university degrees within the scope of the Bologna Plan, with respect to mean levels of digital training. On the other hand, more exhaustively, differences have come to light concerning specific training on the different digital competence areas in the DigComp evaluation system, related to gender, branch of knowledge, age, and by considering the self-perception of individuals on their own capabilities in everyday technological issues. Consequently, the need for incorporating an ICT syllabus into the subjects covered by a Master’s in education has been highlighted, as well as promoting females, older people, and nontechnological degrees. Digital training on critical competence areas for teaching, such as the creation of digital content, suffers from major shortcomings and should also be promoted.

Students who leave school early is an issue of global concern, and various measures have been taken to help early leavers return to school, including second chance education programmes. This qualitative case study explores their reasons for continuing education in a second chance education programme in a successful educational centre located in Ceuta, a unique Spanish city. Our findings indicate that there is a complex interplay of educational, family and economical aspects pushing and pulling the participants to resume education, but that their beliefs on these factors and their agency are key in this process. These findings can contribute to prevent disengagement and leaving from education and training in the future by informing the measures for educational reintegration.

Objective: This contribution aims to introduce a conceptual framework on generational diversity of teachers in order to analyze and understand its influence on the processes and results of professional interaction in schools. Methodology: In this conceptual piece, first, the relevance of generational diversity among teachers in their workplace is examined and justified, emphasizing the increasing aging of teaching staff. Next, generational diversity is explored by analyzing the concept of generation and the attributes used to distinguishing generations (particularly, age). Furthermore, evidence is considered regarding the impact on the construction of teacher relationships, paying particular attention to the context of collaborative relationships between teachers belonging to different generations and its effects on teacher learning and identity. Findings: Conclusions are drawn as to the potentialities of intergenerational learning. Value added: Despite representing a clear challenge for the educational organizations, generational diversity and intergenerational collaboration among teachers and school leaders have been scarcely studied so far. Recommendations: Conclusions are drawn as to the potentialities of intergenerational learning and implications for professional induction and collegial professional development are presented as well.

This paper reviews teachers’ conceptions of the quality of teaching and learning processes in preschool education. Since this is the study’s main objective, a quantitative, descriptive, and correlational research design was used, utilizing a questionnaire as a measurement instrument. Information was collected on five dimensions of the teaching and learning process: context and student characteristics, programming, classroom atmosphere, educational resources and teaching aids, and assessment. The questionnaire was administered to 105 preschool education teachers from the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia (Spain). The outcomes show that teachers link educational quality to the classroom atmosphere and to resources and materials used. Likewise, they consider it essential that families are involved in the educational process and that the programming and activities designed to take the students’ needs and interests into account.

Las carencias educativas resultantes de abandonar tempranamente la educación estarían contribuyendo significativamente a altas tasas de desempleo e inactividad entre los jóvenes. Sin embargo, la educación también es considerada un medio decisivo para afrontar estos problemas. Por tanto, merece especial atención obtener conocimiento sobre las condiciones en que se produce la reincorporación a la formación tras quedar esta interrumpida prematuramente. El estudio aquí presentado explora, en un centro educativo de segunda oportunidad ubicado en Ceuta (donde los indicadores mencionados alcanzan valores relativos muy elevados), la perspectiva que sus alumnos tienen de su recorrido vital previo a retornar a la formación en él y la incidencia atribuida al mismo. Para ello se recurre a datos procedentes de entrevistas individuales en profundidad realizadas a 39 jóvenes sin empleo y en riesgo de exclusión social con edades comprendidas entre los 18 y 24 años (29 en situación de abandono temprano de la educación y 10 que no se encontraban en esta situación), como parte de un estudio de caso más amplio referido a dicho centro, seleccionado por su éxito relativo y notoriedad en la mencionada Ciudad Autónoma. La información proporcionada por los participantes en forma de relatos ha sido objeto de análisis narrativo, aplicando dos procedimientos: biogramas que representan sucesos relevantes acaecidos en su vida junto a su visión de estos, y análisis temático de la información recogida en ellos. Globalmente considerados, los resultados indican que los recorridos realizados van siendo construidos mediante decisiones que los participantes adoptan entre alternativas determinadas por circunstancias personales, institucionales y sociales. Se aproximan así a biografías electivas. En este contexto, abandono educativo temprano y reincorporación a la formación revisten un carácter recurrente, transitorio y reversible, precisamente en virtud del relevante papel que desempeñan quienes viven estas situaciones, aunque lo desempeñen condicionados por su entorno institucional y social.Cómo citar este artículo: Portela Pruaño, A., Nieto Cano, J. M. y Torres Soto, A. (2019). La reincorporación formativa de jóvenes que abandonan tempranamente la educación: relevancia de su trayectoria previa | Re-engagement in education and training of young people who leave education early: the importance of earlier prior trajectories. Revista Española de Pedagogía, 77 (272), 103-121. doi: 10.22550/REP77-1-2019-07