Teachers have gradually been making more use of active methodologies at all educational levels, and some even carry out research in this area. The objective of this research was to develop a bibliometric study in order to gain an in-depth view of the scientific literature on active methodologies in education. An analysis of the classic descriptions of bibliometrics, co-authorship indexes and collaboration networks was carried out, using documents indexed by the Web of Science on active methodologies in education between 2009 and 2019. The final data corpus is composed of 513 documents. The results show that publications on this type of research are booming, demonstrating a growing interest in these kinds of studies in the short and medium term. English is the predominant language in these studies, as occurs in the general scientific literature. The results indicate a limited range of topics being studied currently and likely growth in coming years. Therefore, this category of research can be considered as a relevant field of study for the scientific community in the short and medium term.

The aim of this study was to identify dietary patterns in pregnant women and to assess the relationships between sociodemographic, lifestyle-related, and pregnancy-related factors. This is a descriptive, correlational study involving 306 pregnant women in Melilla (Spain) in any trimester of pregnancy. A validated food frequency questionnaire was used. Dietary patterns were determined via exploratory factor analysis and ordinal logistic regression using the proportional odds model. Three dietary patterns were identified: Western, mixed, and prudent. Sociodemographic, lifestyle-related, and pregnancy-related factors influencing dietary quality were established. The Western dietary pattern was considered the least recommended despite being the most common among women who live in Melilla (p = 0.03), are Christian (p = 0.01), are primiparous women (p < 0.001), and are in their first or second trimester (p = 0.02). Unemployed pregnant women were also more likely to have a less healthy dietary pattern (β = −0.716; p = 0.040). The prudent dietary pattern, the healthiest of the three, was most commonly observed among Muslim women (p = 0.01), women with more than two children (p < 0.001), and women in the third trimester of pregnancy (p = 0.02). Pregnant women who engaged in no physical activity or a low level of physical activity displayed a mixed pattern (p < 0.001). This study provides evidence on the factors influencing dietary patterns during pregnancy and suggests that more specific nutrition programmes should be developed to improve the nutritional status of pregnant women.

In the light of different studies carried out at European and national level, it is unclear if the use of Information Society Technologies (ISTs) in the teaching-learning process is fulfilling initial expectations. Considering that teachers are the keystone upon which the required transformation is to be built, we consider the following questions: are teachers digitally illiterate? Do they have other reasons for not integrating ISTs in their classrooms? This research consists of a descriptive study of the teaching staff in the Autonomous City of Melilla. An ad hoc questionnaire was designed and administered to the pre-university teachers of the city. A sample of 173 teachers from the different stages of non-university level was obtained. After carrying out a descriptive and inferential analysis of the data obtained, a certain level of digital illiteracy among teachers was found, mainly in the didactic application of ISTs. Some solutions are given for teachers to improve their digital literacy to face the demands of 21st century society.

Los estereotipos de género y las actitudes sexistas de los estudiantes universitarios en un contexto multicultural

Se ha llevado a cabo una investigación utilizando una metodología empírico-analítica Ex post facto de tipo correlacional con el objetivo de conocer las actitudes prejuiciosas, los niveles de prejuicio y la distancia social hacia las personas gais y lesbianas en los estudiantes universitarios y analizar qué factores influyen en las actitudes prejuiciosas hacia estas personas en el alumnado universitario. Los participantes reflejaron prejuicio moderado hacia las personas gais y lesbianas. Los hombres mostraron significativamente más prejuicio y mayor distancia social que las mujeres. El grupo que no se identifica con ninguna religión es el que presenta menor actitudes prejuiciosas y distancia social, segundo el grupo cristiano y el que puntúa más alto es el grupo musulmán. No existen diferencias significativas en función de la práctica religiosa, aunque las puntuaciones medias de actitudes prejuiciosas son superiores en los que responden ser muy o bastante practicantes frente a los que responden ser poco o nada practicantes. Existen diferencias significativas entre el grupo de procedencia europea y el de origen bereber, siendo este último el que presenta actitudes más prejuiciosas y mayor distancia social. Las personas que conocían al menos a un gay o a una lesbiana obtuvieron puntuaciones menores de prejuicio y distancia social que las que informaron no conocer a estas personas, siendo estas puntuaciones más significativas en los primeros. Se analiza la importancia incluir la variable grupo de pertenencia como factor significativo de influencia en el prejuicio y distancia social hacia las personas gais y lesbianas.

Las posibilidades de las nuevas tecnologías en el ámbito educativo suelen producir un rechazo incluso antes de probarlas, promovido principalmente por un desconocimiento o malas competencias tecnologías, tanto por parte del alumnado como del profesorado. Conocer los instrumentos disponibles y que marcarán el futuro del aprendizaje electrónico, provoca un cambio de actitud hacia los mismos, produciéndose una mayor predisposición a integrarlos en el proceso de EA habitual.El presente artículo muestra las características de diversos Entornos Virtuales de Aprendizaje así como los beneficios y desventajas del uso en el ámbito educativo.