Fernando Lezcano Barbero

Envejecimiento activo y acceso a las tecnologías: Un estudio empírico evolutivo

Researchers’ interest in seeing the benefits of Internet in elderly people is now growing. The network helps this group to increase communication, avoid isolation and loneliness and to age actively. Europe decided 2012 to be the Year of Active ageing. This paper presents a descriptive study of time series analysis carried out between 2004 and 2012 with the aim of knowing how the evolution in the level, motives and needs of the use of computers and Internet by elderly people in an environment of university training focused on health and life quality is. To obtain results a question paper is to be handed out to a sample of 419 people aged between 55 and 94 and taking part in the «Inter-university Programs of Experiences» from the University of Burgos. The obtained results match up with previous studies that pointed a noticeable increase in the use of the Internet (in frequency, number of users and resources) caused by elderly people’s desire to keep active, up-to-date and communicated, as well as their need to continue their learning process through tools linked to the network. Here some suggestions focused on the improvement of elderly people’s formation and future research on the perception of the Internet as a tool for social participation. RESUMEN Es creciente el interés de los investigadores por constatar los beneficios para las personas mayores que conlleva el uso de Internet. La Red ayuda a este colectivo a incrementar la comunicación, evitar el aislamiento y la soledad y, en suma, a promover un envejecimiento activo, objetivo al que Europa dedicó el año 2012. Este trabajo presenta un estudio descriptivo de análisis de serie temporal realizado a lo largo de nueve años (2004 a 2012, ambos incluidos) con el objetivo de conocer la evolución en el nivel, motivos y necesidades del uso del ordenador y de Internet por personas mayores en un entorno de formación universitaria. Se aplica un cuestionario de diseño propio a una muestra de 419 personas con edades comprendidas entre los 55 y 94 años, alumnos del Programa Interuniversitario de la Experiencia en la Universidad de Burgos. Los resultados coinciden con estudios previos que apuntan hacia un notable incremento en el uso de Internet (en número de usuarios, frecuencia y recursos utilizados), motivados los mayores por el deseo de estar activos, actualizados y comunicados; así como por la necesidad percibida de seguir aprendiendo mediante herramientas vinculadas a la Red. Se plantean propuestas de mejora centradas en la formación de los mayores e investigaciones futuras sobre su percepción de Internet como herramienta para la participación social.

Training for the employment of women heads of lone parent families: adaptation of the european program restart 3 to the spanish situation

This paper shows the process followed in the adaptation of the training program for the job placement Restart 3, directed to single parents and implemented under the European program Erasmus +, the Europe 2020 ET2020 and Rethinking Education strategies. The Restart program started in 2004 in Northern Ireland, and was subsequently adapted to other countries (Norway, Cyprus, Poland, Germany, Lithuania and Italy), where it is currently being implemented by various groups. In the Spanish situation it has substantially changed regarding the technical assessment given the difficulties in reading and writing of the women involved, although it remains based on and adheres to the Quality Standards.

Programas para la inclusión educativa de alumnado de origen extranjero en España: diseño y validación

This article aims to determine the educational attention put in school centres to the inclusion of foreigner students. The school is characterized by its heterogeneity and diversity, that’s why it is necessary to adapt this reality to the new necessities. Inclusive education is the methodology characterized by the collaboration of all educational agents (teachers, school centre, families, educational community…) in the school activities. The methodology used in this investigation is the qualitative Delphi Method. A consent document about the inclusion of foreigner students has been made through this method. It contents 13 different programs aimed on the educational attention of these students. Professionals from fourteen different Autonomous Regions have taken part on the construction of this Method. These programs have been scored following the necessity of their implementation and we can conclude that the best valued program is the teacher’s background. This consent document can be followed as a reference for the educational planning of the Autonomous Regions concerning foreigner students so that they all have a common plan of action.