EL CINE EN LA FORMACIÓN INICIAL DEL DOCENTE
Giró, J. (2018). El cine en la formación inicial del docente. Revista de Sociología de la Educación (RASE). 11 (3), 464-473.
Resumen:
Este artículo se centra en el cine como herramienta de análisis práctico en la formación inicial del docente. El cine se sirve de la imaginación, las emociones y la cultura proponiendo otros modos de entender la vida social. Este texto, a través de la reflexión y el análisis de dos películas, intenta mostrar las posibilidades de un aprendizaje comprensivo del hecho de ser un buen docente, máxime cuando las prácticas del máster de secundaria o de los grados de maestro, apenas permiten acercarse a la realidad de lo que significa ser un buen docente.
Religious and Cultural Diversity in Spanish Education
Andrés Cabello, S. & Giró Miranda, J. (2020). Religious and Cultural Diversity in Spanish Education. In P. Groves Price (Ed.), Oxford Encyclopedia of Race and Education. New York: Oxford University Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.804
Summary
Treatment of cultural and religious diversity is one of the most important debates in education, especially in societies in the first decades of the 21st century, in which globalization processes have led to increased migration. Different models exist for addressing religious and cultural diversity in compulsory education, linked to the different ways of approaching the integration of immigrant groups. The treatment of diversity, equality, and respect for fundamental rights are the axes on which most of these proposals revolve, which in the case of the religious issue acquire specific dimensions by generating a wider debate. In the Spanish case, the treatment of cultural diversity and, fundamentally, religious diversity is situated both within the framework of general conceptions and with particular elements. The contemporary scenario of how the Spanish educational system addresses cultural and religious diversity is determined from the particular features of Spanish education and the immigration “boom” in Spain in much of the first decade of the 21st century. The evolution of legislation on diversity, the fact that education is a subject for ideological debate, and the need to face the challenge of a new social structure because of immigration, together with the importance of the Catholic Church in Spain, determine to a large extent the way this country has addressed religious diversity. The treatment of religious and cultural diversity continues to generate an important discussion in Spain, based on different theories about the topic.
Educational Attainment and Integration of Foreign Students in Spain
Andrés Cabello, S. & Giró Miranda, J. (2020). Educational Attainment and Integration of Foreign Students in Spain. In P. Groves Price (Ed.), Oxford Encyclopedia of Race and Education. New York: Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.805
Summary:
Education is one of the pillars of the welfare state in Spain, and one of the main ways of reducing inequalities and, potentially, integrating members of the immigrant population. Schools serve to promote social and cultural integration of foreign students and their families. Spain, although its history as a country of immigration has been short, has been quite efficient in integrating the emigrant population, especially at school. It is important to bear in mind that schools and the school environment are the main point of encounter between families of different cultures. There were significant difficulties incorporating foreign students in schools in the first decade of this century. The importance of integration in the process of normalizing relations between immigrant families and schools has been indisputable. However, one of the main difficulties with this integration has been the poorer performance and academic achievement of foreign students in the Spanish education system. Foreign students’ performance is significantly different. For example, they achieve significantly lower grades in the different standardized tests (Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)), e.g., and higher rates of dropout, academic failure, and grade repetition. However, it is also true that these differences are significantly smaller for second-generation students born in Spain of immigrant parents. Faced with these facts, there have been numerous theoretical analyses and research projects that have tried to determine which variables affect this situation and which of them can be attributed to immigration, excluding any other socioeconomic factors. The results and the academic attainment of foreign- and immigrant-origin students in the Spanish education system are associated with some factors attributed to immigration. One of the most important is school segregation processes and their consequences for the educational and social integration of this group. Likewise, the financial crisis that has affected public policy and the Spanish welfare system, with the resulting budget cuts in education, has conditioned compensatory measures and attention to diversity.