David Pérez-Jorge

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• Phd
• Professor at University of La Laguna

Introduction The study of electrodermal activity (EDA) in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is gaining scientific interest as a potential source of physiological biomarkers that can objectively improve the diagnosis of this condition. Despite significant research into responses to visual and auditory stimuli, the response to olfactory...

COVID-19 has provoked a rapid adaptation in the post-pandemic period, posing a great challenge for all areas, particularly education. This paper presents an action-research study in a Spanish educational institution, aiming to determine the emotional impact that COVID-19 has left on primary school students, with special attention to students with s...

This study examines the impact of academic stress, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, on the mental health of university students. Using a mixed methodology, quantitative data obtained through a validated questionnaire and qualitative data collected in focus groups were combined, providing a comprehensive picture of stress’s physical, psychologi...

Introduction Restorative practices (RP) have been implemented in educational settings to reduce school violence and improve emotional wellbeing and group cohesion. This systematic review examines their effectiveness in the school context. Method We searched Scopus and Web of Science, selecting 13 studies that met specific inclusion criteria. The s...

This systematic review, conducted following the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines, evaluates the efficacy of emerging digital technologies—namely virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and adaptive learning technologies (ALT)—in enhancing vocabulary acquisition within English as a second l...

This descriptive study focuses on the oral health of African migrants, especially adolescents, arriving in the Canary Islands. Notably, these patients show a high prevalence of caries and oral mucosal alterations. These are influenced by multifactorial factors, such as living conditions in their country of origin, hygiene habits, and sugar-rich die...

Numerous studies have demonstrated the substantial advantages of integrating music education into the overall development of students, particularly in early childhood education. This integration allows for combining music education with various curriculum areas, utilizing its playful and motivating nature as a practical methodological tool for deve...

Este estudio tiene por objeto determinar cuál es la mejor combinación de recursos que pueden tener los estudiantes que busquen optimizar el rendimiento acústico de su violín. La referencia a la forma en que los grandes maestros construían sus violines se considera una información pertinente para conocer más a fondo el instrumento y encontrar otras...

This study validates the CFD-14 questionnaire, designed for families to detect early risk of literacy difficulties and dyslexia in compulsory schooling. The sample included families of 1385 students from preschool (5 years old) and 1st to 6th grade of primary education, with a median age of 9 years and two months. The CFD-14 comprises 14 items refl...

Estas páginas transmiten el resultado de una investigación sobre la salud, la calidad de vida y el género de las personas mayores. En once capítulos, se exploran diversas dimensiones del envejecimiento, desafiando estereotipos y proponiendo enfoques innovadores para mejorar la calidad de vida de las personas mayores. Se combina la metodología cual...

p>Computational thinking (CT) is increasingly encouraged in subjects such as technology and digitalisation, and robotics. The effect on the development of generic competencies is of interest. This study investigates the use and effect of Scratch and App Inventor on the development of skills and competencies associated with CP (self-efficacy, motiva...

This study explores the relationship between procrastination and declining healthy habits among adolescents, a topic lacking systematic reviews in the existing literature. The primary purpose is to lay the groundwork for promoting mental health and preventing procrastination as risky behavior. This systematic review examined five areas related to p...

This chapter discusses the importance of implementing an interdisciplinary educational model in schools to promote mental health, prevent eating disorders, and improve the oral health of children and adolescents. This approach is committed to integrating prevention and health promotion within the school curriculum, focusing on the development of so...

. La pandemia aceleró la integración de las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación -TIC para garantizar la continuidad de los procesos educativos a través de ecosistemas y entornos virtuales de aprendizaje ante la ausencia de una presencialidad en el aula de clase. En la post-pandemia las TIC se han convertido en aliadas del proceso educat...

Infrahumanization means considering the other or the outgroup as less human than oneself or the ingroup. However, little attention has been given to the variables that determine the selection of which outgroups may be subjected to infrahumanization and the variables that might be moderating this process. This research aims to analyze the role that...

This study intends to explore the challenges and opportunities in inclusive education using Information and Technologies (ICTs) during the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of teachers based in the Canary Islands. It focuses on the digital division and the implications involved while examining the impact of health on students with special need...

As organizations increasingly rely on technology for the management, planning, and execution of activities and tasks. The consequence of technology use is technostress, which can ultimately affect workers’ mental and physical health. This study aimed to explore the factors influencing technostress in relation to conscientiousness and the mediating...

Interest in gamified physical activity has been driven by its potential to benefit student mental health. Integrating gamified practices for mental health improvement represents a significant innovation within multidisciplinary approaches to enhancing mental well-being. This review follows the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review...

Introduction: integrating virtual reality (VR) in education is emerging as a transformative tool to improve practical learning. This proposal asks about its application within the training of certified nursing assistant to improve students' practical skills in training. Objectives: the main objective is to assess whether VR technology can improve u...

The COVID-19 pandemic forced changes in the educational response, which involved the intensive use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills, among other interventions. The circumstances required both families and teachers to make an extra effort to adapt to a reality that was expected to last for a long time. These changes had a spe...

School coexistence processes are mediated by conflict situations that are often not adequately, immediately and comprehensively resolved by schools, giving rise to violence. School violence has become a matter of global priority not only at the school or family level, but also socially due to its magnitude and scope. In the Program for Internationa...

In today’s society, high-quality educational contexts must include intercultural education and educational inclusion as main elements of school culture. Equity, social justice, and equal opportunities for everybody require the construction of flexible processes, relationships, and organizational structures open to diversity. This paper presents an...

Intergenerational relationships are becoming increasingly rare. Thus, intergenerational programs are a strategy to establish relationships between generations. This article describes the socio-educational experience of the third edition of the SIMUL Intergenerational Project of the Education Service of the Cabildo Insular de Tenerife and the Univer...

Offering access to culture and education to all citizens is a challenge nowadays, inclusive and accessible spaces are increasingly necessary if we really want to offer equal opportunities to all people regardless of their condition, physical or health. This systematic review study aims to investigate the situation of accessibility in museums and ot...

The drug discovery and development process is advancing with time and in-silico research has enabled the identification of new drugs through target identification and validation. In-silico screening, quantitative structure-activity relationship, and quantitative structure–property relationship models are some techniques used to evaluate potential c...

Estamos ante una obra de investigación documental que pretende revisar la historia androcéntrica y sexista en nuestro país, al tiempo que devolver la visibilidad a las mujeres, a sus contribuciones a la lucha por la igualdad, al feminismo, y a su derecho a la educación y a ejercer en diferentes ámbitos profesionales. La obra nos descubre «lo que nu...

Numerous studies have shown the high incidence of diseases affecting oral health in vulnerable populations. The Canary Islands is a region particularly affected by the low income of its inhabitants and a high migration rate. Poor oral health habits and limited access to health care have turned these groups into risk groups. The role of the Fernando...

Programming skills should be taught and developed; Scratch and App Inventor are two tools that can contribute significantly to developing this competence in university students. This study aims to investigate the use and effect of the programming language Scratch and App Inventor on the development of skills and competencies for learning (autonomy,...

The objective of this research was to examine the mediating role that organizational dehumanization plays between authentic leadership and job satisfaction. The study was carried out with a sample of 422 participants, 50.7% were men and 49.3% women, with an average age of 38.96 years. The workers belong to different public and private organizations...

Este libro pretende dar visibilidad a la sordoceguera, la gran desconocida de las discapacidades sensoriales, además de exponer las necesidades de estas personas desde un enfoque psicoeducativo y familiar. En el primero de sus cinco capítulos, se aborda la conceptualización de la discapacidad, su clasificación y los factores que determinan sus nece...

Deafblindness is a unique and complex disability. Research on the needs and quality of life are scarce; as well as the lack of adequate knowledge, training and lack of qualified professionals to serve this group. All this justifies the sense and interest of this study. This study is derived from the project with reference 2020EDU04. Design: The stu...

The present work aims to explore the knowledge that the students of the Master’s Degree in Teaching at the University of La Laguna have about the functions of educational guidance and their role as teachers and tutors. To this end, this paper presents a review of the role of educational guidance in a Secondary Education center and the role of the t...

Our Nova edition is a multidisciplinary work from eminent scholars sharing their visionary insights on how we may expand our awareness and experience of problem-solving offering a systems thinking and open innovation in science angle across different disciplines and research areas: cybernetics, communication theory, software development, cognitive...

Convivir supone para los seres humanos el intercambio constante de sensaciones, experiencias y necesidades. Las situaciones de convivencia están mediadas por episodios de conflicto que habitualmente están influenciados por entornos como el familiar y el social, en los que la postura agresiva, se configura como recurrente en la vida cotidiana. Este...

Este trabajo se enmarca dentro del proyecto de investigación educativa desarrollado como propuesta para la mejora de los procesos de apoyo y orientación académica en la Universidad de La Laguna, durante el curso 2019-2020 y que incluyó el periodo de pandemia por Covid 19. El estudio se llevó a cabo con una muestra de 193 alumnos y alumnas de los gr...

Con este estudio se pretende conocer y valorar el grado de formación y cualificación del profesorado en materia de educación para la salud (EpS). Para conseguir este objetivo, se ha utilizado una metodología mixta de corte descriptivo, utilizando como instrumentos de recogida de datos, un cuestionario y una entrevista. En el estudio han participado...

The objective of this study is to validate Caesens, Stinglhamber, and Demoulin's (2017) organizational dehumanization scale (ODS) in a Spanish-speaking sample. A sample of 422 employees (49.3% women and 50.7% men) from Chile answered an online questionnaire comprised of measures of organizational dehumanization and job satisfaction, organizational...

One might think that the elementary teachings of an instrument should follow uniform planning patterns. The present study shows discrepancies between the models developed by different Spanish conservatories, mainly attributable to the guidelines established by each autonomous community concerning the order of the curriculum markedly influenced by e...

This study focuses on the importance of problem-solving and the need to know and teach different methods and strategies for problem-solving, respecting the diversity of students' thinking and reasoning styles. This study presents an evaluation and analysis proposal to test the effectiveness of Polya's problem-solving method. For this purpose, a sam...

This study aims to analyze the effects of open innovation on the figure of the Information and Communication Technologies Coordinator (ICTC) in the Higher Conservatories of Music (HCM) and Authorized Centers of Spain (ACSs). In some regions, the HCMs are regulated by the regulations applied to secondary education and that is why the figure of the C...

Research is a deliberate and systematic inquiry or investigation to establish a fact. Research could focus on any desired discipline like science, education, economy, administration, etc. Resources (e.g. humans, funds, equipment etc) are essential in any research, especially impactful research. Research forms an essential part of development for in...

Many academics working in the field of education have written about children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and its variant, specifically Asperger’s Syndrome. This research aims to analyze and assess the studies and psycho-pedagogical actions developed to understand the actual experience of the families around the stress derived from the prese...

The aim of this study is to examine whether gender and status moderate the teacher–student relationship (TSR) and the perception of dehumanization in teachers and students. A total of 528 participants from a university in Laguna (74% students and 26% professors) completed a questionnaire based on the TSR scale, organizational dehumanization, and de...

The aim of this study is to examine whether gender and status moderate the teacher-student relationship (TSR) and the perception of dehumanization in teachers and students. A total of 528 participants from a university in Laguna (74% students and 26% professors) completed a questionnaire based on the TSR scale, organizational dehumanization, and de...

The objective of this work is to verify the incidence and the characteristics of bullying in the 6th grade and 1st year of compulsory secondary education (ESO) students of foreign and Spanish students in the Autonomous Community of Extremadura. 1077 subjects from Extremadura participated, of which 48 were foreigners, and based on the characteristic...

Context: Health promotion programs generate healthy changes in the educational community. However, not all of them meet the expected objectives due to multiple factors that affect their development, such as the teachers overload work, the lack of specific training, the lack of time to carry out health promotion activities, the lack of flexibility...

Measures adopted by educational systems to improve and adapt the educational response of pupils with disability or diversity conditions arising from their personal and social conditions, have enabled them to gain tenure throughout the various stages of education. Educational institutions have been progressively adapting and responding to the educat...

The aim of this study is to demonstrate the attitudes and perceptions of teachers regarding the educational inclusion of students with hearing disabilities. The study sample consisted of 128 teachers from the Canary Islands, of which 72 worked in ordinary centers and 56 in Ordinary Centers for Preferential Educational Attention for Hearing Disabili...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the perception of different educational agents regarding the application of a conflict prevention programme through restorative practices. Eighteen teachers, 203 relatives and, 242 students from a Primary School located in the Mexican state of Sonora participated in this study. A pre-test and post-test qu...

For the proper development of writing, teachers must choose the best line for their students. To this day, it is still not very clear which is the correct or the most suitable letter for the beginning of this learning process. However, there are certain parameters that allow us to observe the "pros" and "cons" that have been analysed on these fonts...

Nuestro mundo es cada vez más complejo, se encuentra tensionado por dos fuerzas: una globalizadora, que impone una uniformidad, y otra donde la diversidad, por voz de sus colectivos, reivindica su presencia, visibilización y derechos. En este libro no aventuramos el futuro, sino que abordamos las herramientas y estrategias para el presente. El gran...

El presente estudio plantea una reflexión sobre la importancia de la resolución de problemas y la necesidad de valorar las posibilidades que ofrece la resolución de problemas como estrategia para la respuesta a la diversidad que día a día nos encontramos en las aulas. Este estudio parcial se realizó con una muestra de profesores (N=8) con y sin exp...

Our work provides an overview of some of the problems and absences experienced by older people in their lives. For several decades we have worked in the Association of Los Mayores Valores on the island of Tenerife in different inclusion programs with older people. We have checked their basic needs and organized assistance and collaboration ac-tivit...

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have become essential tools for the development of quality educational practices. The special situation of COVID-19 has evidenced the problem of the teacher training. This work investigates the perception of future teachers of Early Childhood Education about the use of ICT and the policies developed...

La promoción de la salud en las escuelas favorece los estilos de vida que adoptan los ciudadanos, fortaleciendo y desarrollando sus capacidades y competencias en materia de salud. El papel y el efecto que la promoción de la salud tiene sobre la mejora de los hábitos y estilos de vida saludables son más que evidentes (Torres et al. 2019; Argente, 20...

La construcción de una cultura de paz es un tema social urgente: se conjuga la necesidad educativa y ética, social y política. Se hace insoportable la violencia y la crueldad de nuestros tiempos, por lo que la injusticia debe ser erradicada por muy difícil que pueda parecer y debe primar el optimismo educativo: el cambio es posible. Nuestra obra es...

La investigación en torno empatía y desarrollo emocional del alumnado ha mostrado efectos sobre el rendimiento del alumnado no solo en relación a la calidad de sus aprendizajes sino que incluso a su desarrollo futuro. Como ideal fundamental de desarrollo de la calidad de las relaciones humanas, la empatía ha enfatizado la importancia de impulsar co...

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This research is part of the Educational Research Project developed at the University of La Laguna during the academic year 2019–2020, which included the period of confinement by COVID-19. The study was carried out with a sample of 193 student teachers in Early Childhood Education, Primary and four master’s degree programs offered by the Faculty of...

The repression of human sexuality began anew in the twentieth century with a strengthening of patriarchal conceptions that pathologised sexual preferences, such as homosexuality, lesbianism and bisexuality, and medi-calised transsexuality. Our educational approaches based on action research have reduced violence and empowered teenagers-girls and bo...

Purpose of the study: The objective of this study is to describe the beliefs, and opinions of the teachers of the Primary Education, Secondary Education, and Baccalaureate stages, regarding the phenomenon of bullying. Methodology: A random sampling procedure was used for the selection of participants. There were 224 teachers from Primary Education...

Bullying occurs in all countries where it has been studied, causing negative effects on victims such as anxiety, low self-esteem and even depressive pictures that hinder their integration into the school environment. In Spain, one of the first studies to address peer abuse as violent behaviour in the school context was that of the Ombudsman in 1999...

p class="0abstractCxSpFirst">We present the results which arise from the development of the Virtual Teachers’ Toolbox (VTT-Box) project. The main aim of the project was to develop a virtual web-based service for teachers (toolbox) to support them best with a sophisticated tool to use the pedagogical framework based on an innovative learner-centered...

This study intends to show the external perception that Primary Education students have of their schoolmates with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and the perception of the student who has being diagnosed with ADHD himself/herself in order to analyse the differences between both perceptions. For that purpose, a questionnaire was e el...

In 2012, the Canary Islands school council and the Canarian federation of municipalities (FECAM) wanted to know the reality of school absenteeism in the archipelago. For this purpose, the institutions decided to contact the ministry of education of the autonomous government of the Canary Islands for the creation of a conference with the municipal t...

This study was conducted with a sample of deaf-blind adults, between the ages of 27 and 70, in the Canary Islands, seven men and nine women. Who, eight had cochlear implants oralists and eight were not implanted signers. A quantitative descriptive study was carried out, which sought to gather (prove) information about the needs of deaf-blind people...

We present the results which arise from the development of the Virtual Teachers’ Toolbox (VTT-Box) project. The main aim of the project was to develop a virtual web-based service for teachers (toolbox) to support them best with a sophisticated tool to use the pedagogical framework based on an innovative learner-centered approach, including a qualit...

This work has been focused on the analysis of the educational inclusion of students with disabilities at the University of La Laguna. It was carried out between 2016 and 2018. The study was carried out with students with disabilities (n.36) enrolled in undergraduate and graduate studies and their respective teachers (n.79), with the aim of knowing...

We present the results which arise from the development of the Virtual Teachers’ Toolbox (VTT-Box) project. The main aim of the project was to develop a virtual web-based service for teachers (toolbox) to support them best with a sophisticated tool to use the pedagogical framework based on an innovative learner-centered approach, including a qualit...

This study reflects on the importance of problem solving and the need to be aware of different methods and strategies to respond to the challenges posed by current mathematics education. The experience was carried out on the island of Tenerife and aimed to assess the training of primary education teachers in problem solving strategies. For this pur...

This study reflects on the importance of problem solving and he need to be aware of different methods and strategies to respond to the challenges poased by current mathematics education. To this end, a study was conducted with 121 teachers (91 in training and 30 in practice) through an Ad hoc test and several semi-structured interviews. In addition...

This research investigated the level of knowledge and perceptions of trainee teachers towards the LGBTQ + community. In order to achieve this, a descriptive study was carried out, with the objective of becoming aware of the expectations and preconceptions held by trainee teachers in the fourth year of their degree course in Primary and Infant Educa...

This current study raises a reflection on the importance of problem solving and the need to consider the possibilities that problem solving offers when used as a strategy, in response to the diversity found in our classrooms on a daily basis. This partial study was carried out with a sample of teachers (N=8) with and without experience and specific...

The urgent need of promoting democratic and civic values among the students in Primary and Secondary schools, that will enable them to be active and critical citizens in an increasingly polarized, unequal and intolerant world, led to the promulgation and the entry into force of the Spanish educational Law 2/2006, which implies, among other topics,...

The present work is part of a larger study carried out in Tenerife in 2018 with elite swimmers of the Adaptive Swimming Club of Tenerife (ADEMI in Spanish). The research analyzes the details of inclusion of high performance swimmers with functional diversity and the specific challenges that they face combining regular studies and sport practice. Fr...

Se presentan los resultados de un estudio que ha medido el agotamiento Emocional, Despersonalización y falta de Realización Personal en los profesionales de Enfermería de una Unidad de Hospitalización de Oncohematología (Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria), cuyo fin ha sido encontrar una relación significativa entre las tres subescalas del MBI y las...

Presentamos una revisión de los procesos, creación y funcionamiento de las violencias patriarcales en el sistema educativo, desde la exclusión e invisibilidad de las mujeres, hasta las formas actuales de opresión contra diferentes colectivos. Se revisan algunos de los proyectos de investigación- acción realizados en diferentes países de la unión eu...

The article presents an action research process for the improvement of Vocational Guidance and Career Education in a school center in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands). The research perspective, from a collaborative and critical work, responds to the need to improve the teaching-learning practice.Priority is given to the ulterior need to impr...