RT journal article
T1 Social Interaction: A Crucial Means to Promote Sustainability in Initial Teacher Training
A1 Carmona Medeiro, Enrique
A1 Cardeñoso Domingo, José María
A2 Didáctica
K1 initial teacher training
K1 education for sustainability
K1 socio-cultural learning
K1 professional development
K1 higher education
K1 mathematics education
AB This study aims to identify the set of elements in the educational process that affect thecreation of a teaching profile consistent with the principles of sustainability. In this research, wefocus on identifying those sustainability attributes related to understanding social interaction andits role in the learning process of logical-mathematical knowledge. Social interaction is an essentialpart of the principle of collaboration. The study participants were 133 future teachers, students ofthe degree in Early Childhood Education at the Universidad de Cádiz (Spain). Qualitative methodsand techniques were used to collect data, and mixed methods and techniques were employed fortheir analysis. The data relating to the student’s perception of the importance of social interaction inlearning were gathered through the final reports produced by the students. The data were processedby classifying them into categories and subcategories. The meaning condensation method usedenabled identifying 33 sustainability attributes linked to socio-cultural learning. Those attributesidentify and describe the internal dynamics of cooperative learning and show the synergies andinterrelationships between social interactions, socio-cognitive conflict and language. The resultsstress the importance of a meaningful understanding of the role of social interaction in learning inorder to promote the principles of sustainability
PB MDPI
SN 2071-1050
YR 2021
FD 2021-08
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/25662
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/25662
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 14-nov-2026