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

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Education and Approaches".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. María del Carmen Olmos-Gómez
E-Mail Website
Guest Editor
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
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals
Dr. Mónica Luque Suárez
E-Mail Website
Guest Editor
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
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals
Dr. Jesús Manuel Cuevas Rincón
E-Mail Website
Guest Editor
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
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals

Special Issue Information

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 EJIHPE.

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

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1900 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

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

Related Special Issue

Published Papers (2 papers)

Order results
Result details
Select all
Export citation of selected articles as:

Research

Article
Perceptions of Teachers in Training on Water Issues and Their Relationship to the SDGs
Sustainability 2021, 13(9), 5043; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13095043 - 30 Apr 2021
Cited by 1 | Viewed by 380
Abstract
Water conservation is essential for any activity, as well as for the survival of both human and other living beings. It is commonly associated with access to clean water and sanitation, or even to unsustainable production and consumption, or sustainable cities and communities. [...] Read more.
Water conservation is essential for any activity, as well as for the survival of both human and other living beings. It is commonly associated with access to clean water and sanitation, or even to unsustainable production and consumption, or sustainable cities and communities. However, there is increasing awareness of emerging issues related to water resources and their impact or relationship with other issues, such as climate change, access to food, health and well-being, or biodiversity (marine and terrestrial). Therefore, this study is aimed at understanding the perception of students of the Degrees in Early Childhood Education and Primary Education concerning water issues and their relationship Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs; number 2,3,6,11,12,13,14 and 15) in a coastal urban context. The study used a qualitative design, in which 59 student teachers were interviewed. The instrument was validated by 12 experts. The content analysis indicates that student teachers understand that there is an environmental problem in relation to water caused by human behaviour, and that its effects have an impact on other areas that are related to the SDGs included in the 2030 Agenda. Full article
Article
Spanish Adaptation and Validation of the Child Adjustment and Parent Efficacy Scale
Sustainability 2021, 13(9), 4647; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13094647 - 22 Apr 2021
Viewed by 429
Abstract
(1) Background: The aim of this study is to obtain an instrument, with robust psychometric properties validated with a Spanish sample, that allows for the evaluation of the emotional and behavioural adjustment of children, as well as the perceived ability of parents to [...] Read more.
(1) Background: The aim of this study is to obtain an instrument, with robust psychometric properties validated with a Spanish sample, that allows for the evaluation of the emotional and behavioural adjustment of children, as well as the perceived ability of parents to manage their children’s problems. (2) Methods: Data from 2618 Spanish parents of 2–12-year-old children were used to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Child Adjustment and Parent Efficacy Scale. In order to develop the intensity scale, exploratory and confirmatory analyses were carried out, and the reliability, validity, and invariance of the measurement model were estimated. (3) Results: A structure of 25 items grouped into two factors are shown, which allows for the evaluation of emotional and behavioural problems and children’s competencies. The model adjustment indicators were satisfactory. Favourable evidence was obtained for the reliability of the measurement model from two perspectives, internal consistency and composite reliability. The discriminant validity was satisfactory, as was the homogeneity of the measurement model based on child gender. Regarding the self-efficacy scale, confirmatory analysis procedures were also carried out, verifying a good factorial structure. (4) Conclusions: Results support a scale with robust psychometric properties that measure child adjustment and parent self-efficacy. The instrument can help to improve family effectiveness and be useful for schools and teachers to promote the well-being of children. The instrument could also be good to evaluate in special contexts, like custody evaluations in a legal or forensic context. Full article
Show Figures

Figure 1

Back to TopTop