In the last years, the group has been working on a large number of projects within the proposed work areas and the needs that appear, that should be object of study to carry out actions.
This 2019-20 course, we are working on seven projects
- Reasons for absenteeism in social science degrees. Analysis of evidence and reflection of the causes
- The time management of university students, a matter of self-regulation to promote
- Gamification as a methodology for continuous assessment in public administration
- Engangement in higher education
- Project-based learning applied to a university master’s subject
- Gamification in the subject Business Administration
- Gamification of Business Administration
Going back in time, we have participated and promoted several projects, chronologically presented on this page. You can access more complete information by clicking on each project.
These projects are presented in three broad areas of study:
Firstly, in the field of teaching motivation, performance, absenteeism and dropout
- Reasons for absenteeism in social science degrees. Analysis of evidence and reflection on the causes (2017)
- Trajectories of dropout, persistence and graduation in social sciences: validation of a predictive model (2016)
- A longitudinal model for the assessment of the impact of the variables involved in the choice of university and studies. Academic performance in senior high school and university entrance exam as predictors of initial performance at university (2014)
- Model proposed to improve the efficiency in public university. Analysis of internal processes and creation of indicators to measure them (2012)
As to the field of the study of competences
- Competences perceived and identified on Master’s Theses in the field of Economics and Business Management (2015)
- Reference Framework of Competences for the design of Teaching Training Programs for University Teachers (2013)
- Model of competence assessment in the Master’s Degree in Sports Business Management (MAC-MDEE) (2012)
- Persistence and dropout in the first academic year in Social Sciences: bases for the improvement of retention (2012)
- Protocol for the assessment and measurement of the degree of achievement of competences (2011)
- Identification, development and assessment of teaching competences in the application of training plans for university professors (2011)
- Protocol for the assessment and measurement of the degree of achievement of competences (PAMAC). Experience among students of an Official Master’s Program (2011)
Finally in the field of professional development
- Teaching innovation project for the improvement of tutor-enterprise-student coordination for the subject External Practices from an Official Master’s Program
- Integral Tutorial Action of the University of Barcelona. Update of educational programs from the Institute of Education Sciences aimed at tutors (2012)
- Higher School-University Transition: How to make the journey safer (TRANSU). (2010)
- Motivation, Interrelation and Socialization in university studies. Elements for reflective learning within the EHEA framework. (MIS-EEES) (2010)
