Educational Capacities
University of Valencia
Investigating Strategies to Foster Teacher Leadership Capacity in Catholic National Blue Ribbon Schools View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Annette Jones
The United States Department of Education recognizes outstanding non-public and public schools annually with the federal government’s highest accolade, the National Blue Ribbon Award. For this national research study, over 100 Catholic schools awarded from 2015-2018 were vetted, then invited to participate in the research study on investigating teacher leadership capacity in their award-winning schools. This study, a quantitative survey for administrators and teachers with two open-ended questions for administrators, examined leadership qualities as well as the provided and valued professional development for building teacher leadership capacity in their schools. This research study generated 43 significant findings across the independent variables of gender, role in the school (administrator or teacher), setting (suburban, urban, or rural), student population in the school, seniority (in current school), total years of experience, and year of the National Blue Ribbon Award.
Education and Opportunity in Spain and the U.S.: Evidence from Youth Labor Market Entry Over Time View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Jennifer Steele
For both scholars and policymakers, it is easy to be parochial in our analyses of policy problems. But global challenges, including rising populism, racial and ethnic inequality, and public health crises like COVID-19, remind us of the need for global perspectives. This project will illuminate the role that educational attainment plays in reducing or exacerbating inequality in Spain and the U.S.--two countries with strong autonomous regions that have faced substantial upheavals in the past fifteen years. The study leverages international and regional economic differences over time to understand who benefits from vocational and university educational attainment in heterogeneous contexts. Using large, representative datasets on the workforce entry of young adults in Spain and the United States, I first examine how the relationship between family background and educational attainment differs between the countries over time. Using propensity scores to adjust for selection into education levels, and controlling for a broad set of region-by-year economic conditions, I then examine the relationship of educational attainment to employment, earnings, and job satisfaction. Next, I examine heterogeneity in the estimated returns to educational attainment for those from more- and less-advantaged backgrounds. Results illuminate how patterns of socioeconomic mobility differ between these two federated nations, which offer distinctive approaches to postsecondary career preparation. In this way, the study will help inform our understanding of the tradeoffs between emphasizing university preparation and vocational pathways in diverse and dynamic 21st century economies.
Secondary Education Students' Knowledge and Attitudes about Organ Donation: Assessment of Awareness and Knowledge through an Intervention Programme View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Jesús González Lamas, Cristina Díaz Prego, Virginia Aznar Cuadrado
An intervention program about organ donation was carried out with 12 year old students (first year of Secondary education). The aim this paper is to analyze the degree of awareness and knowledge about organ donation after this intervention. Our study is framed in Plan Proxecta innovation program, held by Educative Authorities in Galicia (Northern Spain) together with ADOS (Blood and Organ Donation Association) and carried out in High Schools. Different activities were held throughout the school year with the focus in providing students with the appropriate tools which could help them to make grounded decisions.
