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rEsUmEnEl objetivo de nuestro trabajo es conocer las preferencias que los estudiantes de primer curso de grado tienen sobre el profesor universitario ideal, el que desearían que les impartiera docencia en la universidad. Para ello, encuestamos a 947 estudiantes pre-universitarios pertenecientes a cuatro universidades diferentes y abordamos los principales aspectos que definen a un docente universitario (características personales y profesionales del profesor, sistemas de evaluación y tutorías y tecnologías de la información y comunicación (TICs) deseadas para la docencia universitaria). Los resultados muestran que los alumnos valoran especialmente que el profesor universitario ideal sea cercano, claro en las explicaciones, que evalúe mediante exámenes parciales a lo largo del curso, que oriente a los alumnos en la toma de decisiones sobre su posible futuro profesional en las tutorías y que utilice las TICs en su enseñanza porque ello les haría sentirse más preparados para aplicar sus conocimientos. PaLabras CLaVEEnseñanza superior, profesor, estudiante, perfil. abstraCtThe objective of this study is to discover the preferences of students in the first course of university degrees about their ideal university teacher, the one that students would like as their teachers at the university. To that aim, we interviewed 947 pre-university students belonging to four different universities dealing with the main aspects related to a university teacher (personal and professional characteristics, evaluation and tutorial systems and information and communication technologies (ICTs) desired for the university teaching). Results show that students particularly value that their university teacher is approachable, clear in their explanations, that they evaluate with mid-term exams throughout the academic year, that they orientate students about their professional future in tutorial hours and that they use ICTs in teaching, as students think that ICT use would allow them to be better prepared to apply their knowledge.

The objective of this study is, on the one hand, to analyse emotional responses to the construction of hate speech relating to gender identity on Twitter. On the other hand, the objective is to evaluate the capabilities of trainee primary education teachers at constructing alternative counter-narratives to this socially alive issue, surrounding the approval of the Ley de Identidad de Género [Gender Identity Law] in Chile, in 2018. With this two-fold objective in mind, quantitative, descriptive, and inferential analysis and qualitative analysis techniques are all applied. The results inform us of the influence of socially constructed emotions and feelings that are expressed in social narratives. However, the narratives of the participants neither appeared to reach satisfactory levels of reflection on the social issues that stirred their own emotional responses, nor on the conflict between reason and the value judgements that they expressed in the digital debate (counter-narratives). These results point to the need to consider both emotions and feelings, as categories of social analysis, and to reflect on their forms of expression within the framework of education for inclusive democratic citizenship.

The skills of thinking, reading conceptions and reading practice (literacy levels) found in textbook activities for the sixth year of Primary Education in Social Sciences and Spanish Language in Spain are analyzed in this paper. A mixed methodology is used to triangulate the data, integrating the critical analysis of discourse and two types of statistical analysis: descriptive (frequencies and percentages) and inferential (χ2, ANOVA, and the Mann-Whitney U Test). The results inform us of both the permanence and the strengthening of the design of an activity oriented toward the development of traditional conceptions of linguistic-cognitive reading. In the framework of education for global citizenship, the conclusion is the need for student reading practices that begin with the principles of critical literacy directed at the acquisition of social, critical, and creative thinking skills.

This research aimed to study those factors that predict different types of ethnic prejudice in a representative subsample of Spanish young people. The instrument we used was Pettigrew & Meertens' (1995) blatant/subtle prejudice scale. Results show that although there is a similar underlying pattern in both types of ethnic prejudice, subtle prejudice is based more on cultural differences, whereas blatant prejudice also stresses the racial, economic, and labor effects of immigration. Moreover, blatant prejudice is also influenced by the formal level of education and political position. The results are interpreted within the Spanish context; and the implications for identity formation and maintenance, and practical programs directed toward ethnic prejudice awareness are discussed.

The intention of this work is to detect and to analyse the favourite characteristics and teaching practices that first year students comparing Chemistry and Food Science & Technology degrees at Burgos University will be teach in different subjects. For that purpose, the data, obtained from 81 surveys achieved, have been treated. The surveys are based on five basic aspects of the university teaching: personal and professional characteristics, assessment, tutorial, information and communications technology (ICT) and methodologies of education/learning. The results show that the student body values more the professional characteristics of its teaching staff than the personal ones; and the image transmitted by the teaching staff that uses ICT is always positive, creating a favourable opinion of his teaching, and the student body reaches to consider that ICTs are indispensable to nowadays education.

La intención de nuestro trabajo es detectar y estudiar las características y prácticas docentes preferidas por el alumnado de primer curso de Grado de las titulaciones en Maestro de Educación Infantil y Primaria de la Universidad de Burgos, en la docencia recibida en sus asignaturas. Para ello hemos analizado los datos obtenidos en 120 encuestas (60 correspondientes al Grado en Maestro de Educación Infantil y otras 60 al de Primaria), en las que atendemos los cinco aspectos que consideramos fundamentales de la docencia universitaria: características personales y profesionales, evaluación, tutorías, tecnologías de la información y comunicación (TICs) y metodologías de enseñanza/aprendizaje. Los resultados indican que el alumnado valora más las características profesionales de su profesorado que las personales; y que la imagen transmitida por el profesorado que utiliza las TICs es siempre positiva, generando una opinión favorable de su docencia, y llegándolas a considerar indispensables por parte del alumnado en la enseñanza actualmente recibida.

Editorial on the Research Topic Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in EducationCurrent scholarly literature shows that gender inequalities are still present in the process of curricular decision making and teacher practices. These inequalities are expressed through the selection of educational content, the application of methodological strategies, the selection of teaching resources, interpersonal relationships, specific task assignments, or even seating choices within the classroom. These ongoing gender-related issues drive the need for teachers to receive specific and transversal training in this area. Such trainings should be aimed at revealing gender relations as a type of power relationship for the promotion of social change.The literature in the field of teacher training indicates that the maintenance of gender stereotypes and biases in teacher discourses and practices reinforces the sex-gender system and, consequently, inequalities. Further research is therefore still needed to study the discourses that emerged from the teaching practices around gender. Moreover, research in this field should encourage critical reflection on teacher training plans and the teaching curriculum itself.The adoption of coeducational approaches and the promotion of education in and for gender equality entails transforming the traditional teaching curriculum to overcome the androcentric constructive bases of historical, social, and literary knowledge. Such transformation would also motivate the incorporation of "polysemic views" in the understanding and interpretation of social reality. Even today, it is common to recognize in mainstream social communication discourses, such as advertising or audio-visual artistic expressions, clear imagery of unquestionable, allegedly identarian gender cultural patterns. The overcoming or relativization of these patterns should necessarily go through the reexamination of curricular content.The eradication of gender inequalities requires not only the integration of all the voices that have built social knowledge but also the overcoming of gender stereotypes within the education system. It is thus essential to identify the shortcomings of teachers' training and encourage gender studies as a requisite for their curricula in order to achieve inclusive, plural, and diverse models for teaching practices.This Research Topic includes 15 manuscripts, from nine prestigious international academic institutions (