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Learning to Teach Citizenship Competencies through a School-University Collaborative Action Research Project
Publication date: 21 February 2017 Source:Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 237 Author(s): David Contreras, David Aceituno Several studies reveal that citizenship competencies are underdeveloped in many western countries and in Latin American countries in particular. The current paper describes an innovation, the use of “reflection circles” and authentic experiences teaching 8th graders, in an elective teacher education course on citizenship education. Twenty preservice teachers, alongside two university faculty and a school teacher, moved away from traditional notions of citizenship as knowledge of...
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - March 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Key Challenges of On-line Education in Multi-cultural Context
Publication date: 21 February 2017 Source:Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 237 Author(s): Roy Damary, Tatiana Markova, Natalia Pryadilina In meeting the ever-growing educational needs of culturally diverse student populations, universities and colleges still seek to maintain high quality standards, both for in situ and online education. Despite the latter's reportedly high effectiveness potential, online degree courses tend to have low students’ persistence and satisfaction rates. In this pape,r we examine the role that students’ and instructors’ national cultures play in the way individuals lea...
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - March 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Descriptive Study on the Quality of Attention to Diversity Plans
Publication date: 21 February 2017 Source:Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 237 Author(s): Isabel Martínez Sánchez, Beatriz García Lupión, Daniel González González The present study has as its basis the commitment and interest with the quality improvement to the diversity awareness through improvement plans. The main goal was to determine the main components of analysis of the quality of the centers that serve the diversity, from the teachers’ perspective. The purpose is to appreciate the teacher staff perception about the plans for the improvement of attention to diversity. This is a descripti...
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - March 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Perception of Health and Healthcare amongst Senegalese Immigrants in Andalusia
Publication date: 21 February 2017 Source:Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 237 Author(s): Encarnación Soriano, Diego Ruíz, Verónica C. Cala Immigrant healthcare boundaries are one of the most important indicators of health inequality. If health institutions want to take action against barriers and difficulties, it would be necessary to identify immigrant perceptions of health and their views of the Healthcare System. In the Spanish context, earlier studies show that sub-Saharan immigrants find it more difficult to gain access to the public health system. The aim of this study is to describe the hea...
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - March 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Social Networks and Childhood. New Agents of Socialization
In conclusion, it's show the necessity to research the beneficts and risks on social networks in the childhood and their environment. Just it makes easier the understanding of the phenomena an effecting vulnerable sector of the population. (Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences)
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - March 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research