Educational Research and Innovation in the First Global Catastrophe of the 21st Century: Committed to Education

Dear Colleagues,

In 2015, the UN adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with the intention of halting the gaps and gradually closing them. In this way, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals are presented as a blueprint covering the most painful global challenges for the knowledge society, and here, we will approach Goal 4 on quality education. Education enables upward socioeconomic mobility and is key to escaping poverty and closing social gaps, but approximately one-fifth of the world’s school-age population is out of school.

This situation is exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic that has led to the temporary closure of schools, affecting more than 90% of students worldwide. This situation has affected the quality of their learning and has drastically changed their lives, especially those of the most vulnerable and marginalised children.

The use of active learning methodologies with the use of information and communication technologies is essential, as they improve the perception of learning and facilitate the teaching process. For this reason, this Special Issue seeks experiences and research that address issues related to active methodologies, online education, learning communities, gender equity, measures to reduce school dropout, and school literacy experiences and sustainability in the face of COVID-19, among other aspects addressed in the keywords.

We believe this Special Issue is timely for education because of the potential of the topic, as it covers an important area, quality education, highlighted by the SDGs of the UN’s 2020–2030 agenda and the post-pandemic context. Because of this, we expect to receive a significant number of manuscripts. As this is a topic of particular relevance in the field of education, it is hoped that this Special Issue will set a precedent and serve as a reference on the topic of today’s sustainable education challenges. It is therefore expected to be highly consulted and cited.

Dr. Santiago Alonso-García
Dr. José-María Romero-Rodríguez
Dr. José Antonio Marín-Marín
Dr. Davide Capperucci
Guest Editors

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