Special Issue "Sustainable Methods for the Study of Students' Abilities: Observational and Survey Techniques"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Africa Borges
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Guest Editor
1. Department of Clinical Psychology, Psychobiology and Methodology, University of La Laguna, 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
2. Department of Clinical and Health Psychology and Research Methodology, Faculty of Psychology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 20018 Donostia/San Sebastián, Spain
Interests: High ability; giftedness; programs evaluation; methodology
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Dr. Leire Aperribai
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Guest Editor
1. Department of Clinical Psychology, Psychobiology and Methodology, University of La Laguna, 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
2. Department of Clinical and Health Psychology and Research Methodology, Faculty of Psychology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 20018 Donostia/San Sebastián, Spain
Interests: High intellectual abilities; clinical and educational psychology; survey methodology

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The increasingly changing nature of the current era leads society to present new perspectives in the educational field. Educational systems must provide students with the opportunity to develop several skills, abilities, and competencies. However, questions arise in this context, such as those about what abilities or competencies are relevant, what variables affect students’ development, how teachers should perform, which educational policies favour students’ learning processes, and how equity can be warranted. Many variables, some of them forgotten by the research field, must be studied in order to provide a response adapted to current and future educational prospects. However, this is not the only issue. The variety of variables at stake compel us to apply sustainable research methods to study all these issues, and observational and survey techniques seem to be suitable for this purpose. This Special Issue compiles research on the development of student skills that is carried out using survey and observational methodologies, as well as studies that combine both methodologies. The development of student skills is a central theme that goes beyond the teaching and learning process since the fundamental interest is the development of students’ potential.

Dr. Africa Borges
Dr. Leire Aperribai
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Keywords

  • Students’ potential 
  • Emerging social and educational changes 
  • Emerging social and educational needs 
  • Equity 
  • Sustainability
  • Observational method 
  • Survey method

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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