Agentes externos, Ciudades Educadoras e Inclusión. Ejes del cambio en las aulas

In recent decades there has been a change in the conception of education, several international organization shave recognized that inclusive education is the best way to provide education for all. In this article we collect the features of the project started about volunteering, educational city and inclusion as axes of a possible change in our classrooms.En las últimas décadas se ha producido un cambio en la concepción de la educación, diferentes organismos internacionales han reconocido que la educación inclusiva es la mejor manera de brindar una educación para todos. En este artículo recogemos las características del proyecto iniciado sobre voluntariado, Ciudad Educadora e inclusión como ejes de un cambio posible en nuestras aulas

Agentes externos, Ciudades Educadoras e Inclusión. Ejes del cambio en las aulas

En las últimas décadas se ha producido un cambio en la concepción de la educación, diferentes organismos internacionales han reconocido que la educación inclusiva es la mejor manera de brindar una educación para todos. En este artículo recogemos las características del proyecto iniciado sobre voluntariado, Ciudad Educadora e inclusión como ejes de un cambio posible en nuestras aulas

Urban Design vs. Science of cities. From the Digital Gap to the AI Barrier

Our future cities design challenge will be to deal with unpredictability and cognitive ethics derived from A.I. implementation at a wide range of scales. When AI machines are dealing with social-cognitive dimensions previously dealt through human-decision making, transparency of the algorithm as well as it analysis easiness in situations of un-appropriate behaviour become main issues. Added to that challenge, as Architects and Urban Designers we have a very particular challenge added to the already mentioned one:dealing with the process of changing from the Digital Gap to the AI Barrier for our built environment inhabitants. Main pillars for avoiding the appearance of the A.I. barrier will be discussed through this research taking into account most recent investigations and ethical debates regarding A.I. procedures implementation on our routines as a society

Revisión teórica sobre bullying en alumnos con necesidades específicas de apoyo educativo

Este estudio presenta un conjunto de investigaciones que muestran la mayor incidencia en los alumnos con necesidades específicas de apoyo educativo a sufrir situaciones escolares de bullying, tanto en su papel de víctima como en el de acosador. En conclusión, existe la necesidad de abordar cambios metodológicos, así como incorporar programas de prevención de la violencia escolar

A physiology-inspired framework for holistic city simulations

Life, services and activities within cities have commonly been studied by separate disciplines, each one independent from the others. One such approach is the computer simulation, which enables in-depth modelling and cost-effective evaluation of city phenomena. However, the adoption of integrated city simulations faces several barriers, such as managerial, social, and technical, despite its potential to support city planning and policymaking. This paper introduces the City Physiology: a new conceptual framework to facilitate the integration of city layers when designing holistic simulators. The physiology is introduced and applied through a process of three steps. Firstly, a literature review is offered in order to study the terminology and the progress already made towards integrated modelling of different urban systems. Secondly, interactions between urban systems are extracted from the approaches studied before. Finally, the pipeline to carry out the integration strategy is described. In addition to providing a conceptual tool for holistic simulations, the framework enables the discovery of new research lines generated by previously unseen connections between city layers. Being an open framework, available to all researchers to use and broaden, the authors of this paper envisage that it will be a valuable resource in establishing an exact science of cities.Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version

A physiology-inspired framework for holistic city simulations

Life, services and activities within cities have commonly been studied by separate disciplines, each one independent from the others. One such approach is the computer simulation, which enables in-depth modelling and cost-effective evaluation of city phenomena. However, the adoption of integrated city simulations faces several barriers, such as managerial, social, and technical, despite its potential to support city planning and policymaking. This paper introduces the City Physiology: a new conceptual framework to facilitate the integration of city layers when designing holistic simulators. The physiology is introduced and applied through a process of three steps. Firstly, a literature review is offered in order to study the terminology and the progress already made towards integrated modelling of different urban systems. Secondly, interactions between urban systems are extracted from the approaches studied before. Finally, the pipeline to carry out the integration strategy is described. In addition to providing a conceptual tool for holistic simulations, the framework enables the discovery of new research lines generated by previously unseen connections between city layers. Being an open framework, available to all researchers to use and broaden, the authors of this paper envisage that it will be a valuable resource in establishing an exact science of cities.Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version

Teachers’ Burnout during COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain: Trait Emotional Intelligence and Socioemotional Competencies

The aim of this research is to recognize the burnout levels in a group of high school teachers that exercised their profession during the COVID-19 pandemic, looking forward to examining the correlation between burnout levels, trait emotional intelligence and socioemotional competencies (Autonomy, Regulation, Prosocial Behaviour and Empathy). The study counted with a sample of 430 high school teachers from multiple regions of Spain. The participants’ age was between 25 and 60, and the gender distribution was 53.72% for men and 46.28% for women. We used the Spanish version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), the Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS-24) and the Socioemotional Competences Scale (SCS). The main results indicated that teachers showed high levels of burnout dimensions, with women being the most affected, reaching higher levels in comparison to men. It was also observed that the older and more experienced professionals showed lower levels of burnout. Finally, statistically significant negative relations were found between emotional intelligence and burnout levels, as well as their association with the teacher’s socioemotional competencies. The analysis argues the possible consequences of stress during the pandemic and, correspondingly, the need for promoting protective approaches that embrace emotional intelligence and socioemotional competencies.Fil: Sánchez Pujalte, Laura. Universidad de Valencia; EspañaFil: Navarro Mateu, Diego. Universidad de Valencia; EspañaFil: Etchezahar, Edgardo Daniel. Universidad de Valencia; España. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicología; ArgentinaFil: Gómez Yepes, Talía. Universidad de Valencia; España. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicología; Argentin

Dialogic Learning Environments that Enhance Instrumental Learning and Inclusion of Students with Special Needs in Secondary Education

Across Europe, the enrolment of students with special educational needs in regular classrooms is increasing, although it does not always mean access to high quality educational experience. In this context, inclusive education has been enhanced in most educational systems, but its successful implementation is still limited and has become a challenge in most countries, and specially in secondary education, when segregation due to learning achievement is more frequent. Educational practices that take into account the potential of promoting learning interactions within heterogeneous groups of students have already demonstrated contributing to educational inclusion of students with special needs. In this study we analyse the case of a secondary education school located in Valencian Community (Spain), which educates students with special needs along with their typically developing peers and is characterized by its inclusive ethos. The analysis focuses on three educational strategies implemented in the school and their impact on educational improvement and inclusion of the students with special needs: (1) co-teaching, (2) interactive groups, (3) dialogic literary gatherings. Qualitative data were obtained from communicative focus groups with teachers, communicative life stories with students and relatives, communicative observations of the three educational strategies and documentary analysis. The findings show significant increase in the students' instrumental learning, as well as an improvement in these students' overall inclusion in the school

The Camp Nou Stadium as a testbed for city physiology: a modular framework for urban digital twins

In this paper, the Camp Nou stadium is used as a testbed for City Physiology, a theoretical framework for urban digital twins. With this case study, the modularity and adaptability of the framework, originally intended for city-scale simulations, are tested on a large facility venue. As a proof of concept, several statistical techniques and an agent-based simulation platform are coupled to simulate a crowd in the stadium, and a process of four steps is followed to build the case study. Both the conceptual (interdomain) and technical (domain specific) layers of the digital twin are defined and connected in a nonlinear process so that they represent the complexity of the object to be simulated. &e result obtained is a strategy to build a digital twin from the domain point of view, paving the way for more complex, more ambitious simulatorsThis project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the IoTwins Project (Grant agreement no. 857191). I. Meta was partially funded by the Agencia Estatal de Investigación-Ministerio de Ciencia Innovación (AEI MICINN) and the European Social Fund (ESF) under the FPI program (scholarship no. PRE2019-090239).Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version

Procesos naturales aplicados a la arquitectura mediante computación: ciencia Evo-Devo y modelado algorítmico a través de Grasshopper

Aplicación de algoritmos evolutivos y modelado algoritmico (a través de Grasshopper y otros add-ons) siguiendo los recientes descubrimientos sobre la ciencia Evo-Devo (evolutionary development) con el fin de hallar formas diferentes de proyectar arquitectura y gestionar la complejidad de un contexto cambiante y globalizado (contectado y en constante emisión y recopilación de información). Analisis de los procesos computacionales que han permitido este hecho, así como la aplicación del concepto paramétrico en la arquitectura y su relación con lo natural a lo largo de la historia