Special Issue "Intercultural Education and Promotion of Sustainability, as an Improvement in Educational Quality, with a Focus on Technological Advancement"

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Dr. María del Carmen Olmos-Gómez
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Department of Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education, Faculty of Education and Sport Science, University of Granada, Melilla 52005, Spain
Interests: education of sustainability; engagement work; occupational health; psychosocial; organizational environments; skills for employment; values; intercultural; quality; orientation; emotional intelligence; violence; religion; validation; structural equation models; multilevel analysis; emotions; smart city
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Dr. Mónica Luque Suárez
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Department of Sociology, Faculty of Education and Sport Science, University of Granada, Melilla 52005, Spain
Interests: sociology of education; education of sustainability; educational quality; educational orientation; smart city
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Dr. Jesús Manuel Cuevas Rincón
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Department of Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education, Faculty of Education and Sport Science, University of Granada, Melilla 52005, Spain
Interests: education of sustainability; engagement work; occupational health; organizational environments; skills for employment; values; economic; multilevel analysis; sustainable economic development; economic development network; smart city
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Dear Colleagues,

In our increasingly globalized society, intercultural and traditional activities are becoming more and more intertwined on a daily basis. In today’s Western society, which has recently undergone major changes, the widespread use of information and communication technology and its increased use among adolescents has led to a considerable increase in different uses, both correct and incorrect, within the information society.

The promotion of the use of technology as an ally in education has proliferated in recent decades and has been widely implemented in the last year, generated in part by the coronavirus disease SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) (UNESCO COVID-19). The literature shows that a large part of the population is not educated in current issues related to sustainable development, and that this is essential (Gutiérrez, Calvo and Benayas, 2006) for the development of citizens and professionals who are scientifically competent to deal with environmental threats to sustainability.

Quality, today, is generally considered a somewhat hollow term that requires a definition which is consistent with other concepts such as continuous improvement, excellence in performance, and user satisfaction, among others (Casanova, 2012), the latter being specifically one of the quality indicators to which society of the 21st century is committed in different fields (Caballero, 2001), as well as curricular sustainability, in order to address social, cultural, economic, and environmental problems from a sustainable approach, in all aspects of education and learning (UNESCO, 2016). That is why a broad knowledge of the world in which we develop, focused on intercultural education and promoting sustainability as an improvement in educational quality, with a focus on technological progress, is currently the axis of development of the future citizenship that will shape our society.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Sustainability.

Dr. María del Carmen Olmos-Gómez
Dr. Mónica Luque Suárez
Dr. Jesús Manuel Cuevas Rincón
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Keywords

  • intercultural education
  • sustainability
  • educational quality
  • technological advancement
  • smart education
  • ITC
  • smart city
  • COVID-19

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Quality in Higher Education and Satisfaction among Professors and Students
Eur. J. Investig. Health Psychol. Educ. 2021, 11(1), 219-229; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe11010017 - 21 Feb 2021
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The aim of this study was to analyze the significant differences in satisfaction with educational quality in higher education in Italy (Naples) among students and professors. The sample consisted of 501 higher education students and 121 professors, resulting in a total sample size [...] Read more.
The aim of this study was to analyze the significant differences in satisfaction with educational quality in higher education in Italy (Naples) among students and professors. The sample consisted of 501 higher education students and 121 professors, resulting in a total sample size of 622 subjects. Once the quality parameters of the instrument were determined, reliability was confirmed, and data collection was initiated. In order to analyze the results, a test of independent means (Student’s t-test) was performed, interrelating the variables of educational quality, concerning both management and satisfaction with higher education. Based on the results, we concluded that there are significant differences between the group of students and the group of professors, highlighting a higher level of satisfaction with quality reported by students regarding the coordination of teachers and staff in the educational process; therefore, the inclusion of students in the direct management of the center should be more active and an indicator to be taken into account in self-evaluation. Despite the limitations in the sample at the regional level, it offers many possibilities for future research. Full article
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