Educational Innovation with a Multicultural Perspective

[EN] Knowledge Society challenges and issues require of complex technological systems that may evolve and interoperate each other. This complexity means to reorganize these systems as a set of components that may offer services, interact and evolve in very different ways including capabilities such as adaptation and intelligent behaviors. Also, the users should be considered as other important components of these so called technological ecosystems. The Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality – TEEM Conference is an event that studies the most significant advances in this research area, in which the Engineering approach is always a key factor. From the last edition of this event, TEEM 2014, that was held in the University of Salamanca in October 1-3, 2014, were selected seven papers that have extended and reviewed again. Three of these papers were finally accepted for publication in VAEP-RITA / IEEE RITA journal

Educational Innovation with a Multicultural Perspective

[EN] Knowledge Society challenges and issues require of complex technological systems that may evolve and interoperate each other. This complexity means to reorganize these systems as a set of components that may offer services, interact and evolve in very different ways including capabilities such as adaptation and intelligent behaviors. Also, the users should be considered as other important components of these so called technological ecosystems. The Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality – TEEM Conference is an event that studies the most significant advances in this research area, in which the Engineering approach is always a key factor. From the last edition of this event, TEEM 2014, that was held in the University of Salamanca in October 1-3, 2014, were selected seven papers that have extended and reviewed again. Three of these papers were finally accepted for publication in VAEP-RITA / IEEE RITA journal

Construyendo el significado del cuidado ambiental: un estudio de caso en educación secundaria

Cada vez se hace más evidente que los mayores problemas de nuestro tiempo no pueden comprenderse aisladamente. Los crecientes cambios en el entorno, así como en la sociedad, están llevando a ver la necesidad de tener una transformación de valores, no solo por el bien ecológico, sino por el de la humanidad misma. En la presente investigación se identifican las concepciones que tienen los alumnos de secundaria acerca del medio ambiente y su deterioro, así como la percepción de los docentes en relación con su desempeño en la formación en valores y actitudes en la educación secundaria, con el fin de contribuir a un cambio de actitudes que fomenten el cuidado del entorno y, por ende, elevar los niveles de la calidad de vida. Para la recolección de datos se emplearon las redes semánticas naturales y la entrevista semiestructurada, el primer instrumento proporcionó la aproximación hacia la articulación del significado construido por los alumnos en relación con el deterioro ambiental, mientras que la entrevista permitió la evaluación de la perspectiva docente en el abordaje de esta dimensión cognitiva en el proceso educativo

Análisis de la relevancia de las revistas latinoamericanas a través de un factor de impacto renormalizado

In this work we use a renormalized impact factor to analyze the time evolution of Latin American scientific journals from 1991 to 2000. Our analysis shows oscillant behavior in journals’ relevance in the international context in the last years.<br><br>En este trabajo usamos el factor de impacto renormalizado para obtener la evolución temporal de un indicador de relevancia de las revistas científicas latinoamericanas en el periodo de 1991 a 2000. Nuestro análisis muestra un comportamiento oscilante en la relevancia en el contexto internacional en los últimos años

The agenda for integral urban development in Spain (1994-2013)

Desde los años noventa la Unión Europea viene desarrollando programas e iniciativas de intervención integral con el objetivo de promover el desarrollo urbano, en general, y reducir los procesos de desigualdad socioespacial en las ciudades, en particular. En buena medida estas políticas han ido generando un conjunto de prácticas que vienen redundando en la progresiva elaboración de una estrategia para las áreas urbanas en Europa, a la que suele denominarse, ‘agenda urbana’ (Comisión Europea, 2014). Pero, ¿cuál ha sido la agenda promovida por los proyectos desarrollados durante las dos últimas décadas?, o de otra forma, ¿cuál ha sido la experiencia que permitiría ir definiendo una agenda urbana para las ciudades españolas?. En este trabajo presentamos un ejercicio básico para tratar de responder a estas cuestiones mediante el análisis de los proyectos desarrollados en el marco de los programas URBAN y URBANA en España (1994-2013).Since the 1990s, the European Union has launched comprehensive programs and initiatives that promote integrated urban development, the goal being improved urban development, in general, and a reduction of socio spatial inequalities in cities, in particular. The policies generated as a result of these programs and initiatives have shaped a European strategy that promotes integrated urban development, the so-called “urban agenda”. But, what in fact is the agenda that has been promoted by these initiatives during the last two decades? And, what are the experiences that would help define an urban agenda for Spanish cities? This article presents a basic analysis to respond to these questions, analyzing projects done in the framework of URBAN and URBANA programs in Spain (1994-2013)

Track 16

Once again, the doctoral consortium track plays a central role in TEEM Conference. This track exists since the first edition on the conference in 2013 and still looks for Ph.D. candidates present the advances of their theses and do networking with other peers and more experienced researchers. This track was born linked to the Ph.D. Programme on Education in the Knowledge Society of the University of Salamanca (Spain), but we are happy to receive exciting proposals from another Ph.D. Programmes around the world, enriching the debates and the networking

Past Themes and Tracking Research Trends in Entrepreneurship: A Co-Word, Cites and Usage Count Analysis

This paper examines the evolution of research in Entrepreneurship published in Web of Science, a reference database. A bibliometric content analysis has been carried out as part of this investigation, allowing for a longitudinal study of the main research topics dealt with over time, ranging from classic topics such as its conception to more recent realities that include Social and Sustainable Entrepreneurship. This paper locates research trends by studying the evolution of citations and by incorporating use metrics. The results point to the existence of seven cognitive fronts that have marked the field’s growth and conceptual evolution. Furthermore, evidence is presented that shows how innovation has historically been the thread that links all the core themes. The topics and trends detected contribute specially to advancing the current discussion on entrepreneurship and coordinating future research efforts