Agustín De La Herrán-Gascón
Biographic Data
| ID | 3547985 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Agustín De La Herrán-Gascón |
| GIVEN NAMES | Agustín |
| FAMILY NAME | De La Herrán-Gascón |
| SIGNATURE | DE LA HERRÁN-GASCÓN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9156-6971 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Pedagogía de la Muerte y pandemia. Reflexiones de científicos de referencia en Ciencias de la Educación
The recent COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a worldwide increase in fatalities and the overall visibility of death. Some academic disciplines have redefined their principles and paradigms in the wake of this crisis. This study enquires into whether pedagogy has made any changes in the area of education on death as a result of the pandemic experience. Thirteen leading Spanish academics from the education field, chosen according to their number of cit…
Más allá y más acá de la educación inclusiva. Crítica y expansión de su concepto
The article critically analyses the current conception of inclusive education and proposes a broader model that includes attention to student diversity and identity, an inclusive curriculum in terms of paradigms, approaches, and techniques considering diversity among teachers, and an inclusive curriculum related to teaching domains. The concept of “meaningful inclusive education” is also introduced, which acknowledges the uniqueness of each stude…
Qué puede aportar la investigación artística a la Didáctica General
INTRODUCCIÓN. En el actual contexto social y educativo se precisa mejorar la enseñanza y la formación de profesores y educadores. La Didáctica General es la disciplina de referencia de ambos objetos de estudio. Desde este ensayo se asume críticamente que esta disciplina puede redefinirse epistemológicamente. Se cuestiona si, desde su consideración como arte de enseñar, podría completarse con la epistemología de las Artes. El objetivo es indagar e…
The Pedagogy of Death in the Classroom: High-School Students’ Perceptions After the Covid-19 Pandemic
The aim of the study was to determine secondary-school students' attitudes towards education encompassing death, and the presence of death in their everyday lives, in the wake of the pandemic. To this end, the Death Education Attitudes Scale-Students (DEAS-S), and a previously validated ad hoc behavioral scale were used. The total sample consisted of 418 students, aged 12 to 18, from a wide range of schools. Variables such as gender, age and reli…
Theory and research on death education and the Pedagogy of Death
The Pedagogy of Death and education in the wake of the pandemic: Implications for comprehensive teacher education encompassing awareness and the biographical dimension
The pandemic has had a global impact on society and, consequently, also on schools. The aim of this study was to explore both teachers' attitudes toward an education that includes death, and the impact of the pandemic on the treatment of death in the classroom. A survey using the DEAS-T instrument was administered to a total of 192 teachers from Spanish schools. Among the most salient results were: (1) participants had a moderately positive attit…
Is death included in international education guidelines? Towards education for a more conscious life
The awareness of death and finitude define an educational field that is crucial yet absent from national curricula. Here we enquire into its presence in the guidelines of the international bodies that are most influential in educational and curricular change: Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the World Bank. The objective was to determine whether death was included…
Más allá de la Death Education? Un estudio sobre sus tradiciones epistemológicas
La death education abarca una amplia gama de ámbitos y contenidos que, desde sus inicios, han incluido el acompañamiento, el duelo y los cuidados, principalmente desde las Ciencias de la Salud. Sólo en las últimas décadas han pasado al campo educativo propiamente pedagógico (sistema educativo, escuelas, formación de educadores, enseñanza, recursos, etc.), aplicándose más allá del duelo. Las revistas científicas mejor indexadas sobre death educati…
In-service teacher education in death education through participatory action research (PAR)
Current teacher education neglects educational needs, such as death education. A participatory action research (PAR) approach based on the needs and interests of teachers was adopted. One private and two state schools at all levels of non-university education were involved. The objective was to understand a process of change in teaching facilitated by PAR in the context of a teaching innovation project in death education. The results are presente…
Adoctrinamiento y educación: Consideraciones Desde El Enfoque Radical E Inclusivo Para La Enseñanza
Introduction. Indoctrination is currently a widely debated topic in social and educational theory, with discussions about its definition, causes, relationship with education, and alternatives. This paper analyzes indoctrination from the point of view of the radical and inclusive approach developed by the authors thirty years ago, incorporating classical Eastern perspectives and concepts into pedagogy and education. Aims. The objectives of the stu…
Death in the Scottish curriculum: Denying or confronting
The important role of schools in supporting children experiencing bereavement is established, yet less is known about how school curricula include death as part of life and this limits our understanding of the systemic structures that shape children's knowledge and experience of death. To address this gap, this paper discusses an analysis of the Scottish curriculum to explore the extent to which death features in compulsory education for children…
Mum, when we die, what do you think happens?” A qualitative study of views on death education among Spanish families
We developed a study to determine perceptions of death education among parents of Spanish schoolchildren aged 3-18 years. We used a qualitative approach, using focus groups and interviews in six state schools. Notable findings were death-related issues are of interest to families, parents recognized the educational potential of teaching death issues, and they called for training in the Pedagogy of Death for both themselves and teachers. In death …
The radical inclusive curriculum: Contributions toward a theory of complete education
This paper contributes to curriculum theory from the perspective of a fundamental critique of education. Its objective is two-fold: to analyze both traditional and critical approaches to the curriculum and the types of education that flow from them and to propose changes that could result in significant improvements to the curricula through the radical and inclusive approach. The principles of pedagogy are redefined from the standpoint of this ap…
Impact of a teacher-training Mooc on the Pedagogy of Death during the pandemic
The objective of this study was to determine the impact of a MOOC on the attitudes of pre-service and in-service teachers toward education on death. The study adopted a pre- and post-test design. Participants ( N = 139) answered the Death Education Attitudes Scale-Teachers (DEAS-T) questionnaire at the beginning and end of the course. The results confirmed significant differences between the pre- and post-course applications in the three scale fa…
Análisis de contenido y teorías subyacentes en los textos españoles de referencia sobre Didáctica General
Los resultados de los Informes Pisa 2019 confirman que el sistema educativo español sigue estancado al finalizar la enseñanza obligatoria. Esta situación requiere una autocrítica de todos los agentes implicados. Uno de los colectivos concernidos son los profesores universitarios que preparan a los que serán futuros docentes. Entre ellos, se encuentran los que enseñan Didáctica General, que facilitan una formación didáctica básica y polivalente a …
Do adolescents want death to be included in their education
The presence of death in Spanish education law (1812–2006)
The objective of this study is to determine whether death has been present, and if so in what way, in Spanish education law from 1812 to 2006. The presence of 25 terms semantically related to death was analyzed in laws and regulations on school curricula. Death is generally absent as a directly approachable phenomenon within the given period, except in scattered regulations which, as a rule, link death in education to religion. From the beginning…
Cenários educacionais na contemporaneidade: Reflexões a respeito das diferenças e das performances
The purpose of the text is to identify which are the elements these days that generate inequalities in education, from a local and global perspective. This aims to understand its reality with a macro perspective. In order to answer the objective, it was used the reconstructive hermeneutics, which is seen as a suitable methodology to address the question. The search for these elements is the inevitable consequence of this understanding. The resear…
Do parents want death to be included in their children’s education
The objective of this study is to determine whether parents of schoolchildren want an education that takes death into account or not. To address this objective, the Death Education Attitudes Scale-Parents (DEAS-P) was designed, validated and applied to the Spanish population, through an exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, with suitable values. The reliability test found a Cronbach’s alpha of .90, with two factors. The scale was compleme…
What do teachers think of death education
This study sets out to address a gap in research into teachers' attitudes and opinions toward death education. To meet this objective, two complementary instruments were designed and validated: the Death Education Attitudes Scale-Teachers (DEAS-T), which showed suitable psychometric values, and the Death Education Questionnaire-Teachers (DEQ-T). The sample comprised 683 teachers from a range of schools. The results show moderately positive attitu…
The inclusion of death in the curriculum of the Spanish Regions
This study aims to determine the extent and manner in which the notion of death is provided for in laws regulating school curricula in Spain and the Spanish Autonomous Regions, and to identify any differences and similarities among the Regions. To this end a documentary survey of current legislation, curricular regulations and educational provision for learner diversity was conducted from a quantitative and qualitative, analytical and comparative…
La Pedagogía de la muerte en el contexto de la pandemia: Una mirada radical e inclusiva
In the current pandemic scenario, interest in the Pedagogy of Death has intensified. It is a scientific discipline whose object of study is education that includes death, as part of an education of conscience
Creación de una red socioeducativa en espacios de exclusión social: Una experiencia en el Distrito de Tetuán (Madrid)
En este artículo se analiza la formación de una red socioeducativa en el Distrito de Tetuán (Madrid) en un contexto con notables índices de vulnerabilidad social. La organización surge desde un Plan de Desarrollo Comunitario, percibido como una oportunidad de mejora de la calidad de vida de la población. Con una orientación pedagógica, el objetivo principal es describir el proceso de creación de la estructura-red en un entorno de exclusión social…
Informe sobre el Acogimiento Residencial en Centros de Protección de Menores: La Vivencia de Jóvenes Ex-residentes y sus Familias
Esta investigación pretende conocer el nivel de integración social y la valoración sobre su experiencia de acogimiento residencial de menores que estuvieron en recursos de protección de la Comunidad de Madrid. La muestra de estudio está constituida por 350 casos que estuvieron más de dos años internos y que salieron con 16 años o más del sistema de protección entre 1994 y 1998
La Madurez Personal en el Desarrollo Profesional del Docente
El artículo se centra en el tópico ‘Desarrollo Profesional del Docente’, tradicionalmente abordado desde el área de Didáctica y Organización Escolar (DOE). Pretende dos objetivos: explorar cómo entienden los docentes participantes el constructo ‘madurez personal del docente’ en su propia formación y práctica cotidianas, y constatar la incidencia de una propuesta formativa ad hoc centrada en la madurez personal. La investigación se estructura en d…
The inclusion of death in the curriculum of the Spanish Regions
This study aims to determine the extent and manner in which the notion of death is provided for in laws regulating school curricula in Spain and the Spanish Autonomous Regions, and to identify any differences and similarities among the Regions. To this end a documentary survey of current legislation, curricular regulations and educational provision for learner diversity was conducted from a quantitative and qualitative, analytical and comparative…
What do teachers think of death education
This study sets out to address a gap in research into teachers' attitudes and opinions toward death education. To meet this objective, two complementary instruments were designed and validated: the Death Education Attitudes Scale-Teachers (DEAS-T), which showed suitable psychometric values, and the Death Education Questionnaire-Teachers (DEQ-T). The sample comprised 683 teachers from a range of schools. The results show moderately positive attitu…
Mum, when we die, what do you think happens?” A qualitative study of views on death education among Spanish families
We developed a study to determine perceptions of death education among parents of Spanish schoolchildren aged 3-18 years. We used a qualitative approach, using focus groups and interviews in six state schools. Notable findings were death-related issues are of interest to families, parents recognized the educational potential of teaching death issues, and they called for training in the Pedagogy of Death for both themselves and teachers. In death …
Is death included in international education guidelines? Towards education for a more conscious life
The awareness of death and finitude define an educational field that is crucial yet absent from national curricula. Here we enquire into its presence in the guidelines of the international bodies that are most influential in educational and curricular change: Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the World Bank. The objective was to determine whether death was included…
Do adolescents want death to be included in their education
Adoctrinamiento y educación: Consideraciones Desde El Enfoque Radical E Inclusivo Para La Enseñanza
Introduction. Indoctrination is currently a widely debated topic in social and educational theory, with discussions about its definition, causes, relationship with education, and alternatives. This paper analyzes indoctrination from the point of view of the radical and inclusive approach developed by the authors thirty years ago, incorporating classical Eastern perspectives and concepts into pedagogy and education. Aims. The objectives of the stu…
Impact of a teacher-training Mooc on the Pedagogy of Death during the pandemic
The objective of this study was to determine the impact of a MOOC on the attitudes of pre-service and in-service teachers toward education on death. The study adopted a pre- and post-test design. Participants ( N = 139) answered the Death Education Attitudes Scale-Teachers (DEAS-T) questionnaire at the beginning and end of the course. The results confirmed significant differences between the pre- and post-course applications in the three scale fa…
The Pedagogy of Death and education in the wake of the pandemic: Implications for comprehensive teacher education encompassing awareness and the biographical dimension
The pandemic has had a global impact on society and, consequently, also on schools. The aim of this study was to explore both teachers' attitudes toward an education that includes death, and the impact of the pandemic on the treatment of death in the classroom. A survey using the DEAS-T instrument was administered to a total of 192 teachers from Spanish schools. Among the most salient results were: (1) participants had a moderately positive attit…
Death in the Scottish curriculum: Denying or confronting
The important role of schools in supporting children experiencing bereavement is established, yet less is known about how school curricula include death as part of life and this limits our understanding of the systemic structures that shape children's knowledge and experience of death. To address this gap, this paper discusses an analysis of the Scottish curriculum to explore the extent to which death features in compulsory education for children…
Do parents want death to be included in their children’s education
The objective of this study is to determine whether parents of schoolchildren want an education that takes death into account or not. To address this objective, the Death Education Attitudes Scale-Parents (DEAS-P) was designed, validated and applied to the Spanish population, through an exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, with suitable values. The reliability test found a Cronbach’s alpha of .90, with two factors. The scale was compleme…
La Pedagogía de la muerte en el contexto de la pandemia: Una mirada radical e inclusiva
In the current pandemic scenario, interest in the Pedagogy of Death has intensified. It is a scientific discipline whose object of study is education that includes death, as part of an education of conscience
La Madurez Personal en el Desarrollo Profesional del Docente
El artículo se centra en el tópico ‘Desarrollo Profesional del Docente’, tradicionalmente abordado desde el área de Didáctica y Organización Escolar (DOE). Pretende dos objetivos: explorar cómo entienden los docentes participantes el constructo ‘madurez personal del docente’ en su propia formación y práctica cotidianas, y constatar la incidencia de una propuesta formativa ad hoc centrada en la madurez personal. La investigación se estructura en d…
Currículo y Pedagogías Renovadoras en la Edad Antigua
Este artículo reflexivo explora dos cuestiones principales: ¿Qué pueden aportar propuestas curriculares clásicas de la Edad Antigua al diseño curricular actual? y ¿cuáles son las más destacadas carencias de los diseños curriculares actuales a la luz de ellas? Para responder a estas cuestiones necesitamos diferenciar –como propone el conocido aforismo japonés- entre “la Luna y el dedo que apunta a la Luna”. Es decir, entre la historia del término …
Enfoque Radical e Inclusivo de la Formación
Se parte de la hipótesis de que la formación no se comprende plenamente. Los objetivos son: Fundamentar insuficiencias y alternativas epistemológicas a la formación, y definir un sistema teórico con base en la conciencia. Su enfoque desarrolla el ‘paradigma complejo-evolucionista’ (Herrán, 2003a, 2005d) y una dialéctica destructiva con fines útiles. La metodología es hermenéutica (Ricoeur, 1985; Lafuente, 1998; Ríos Saavedra, 2005). Se diferencia…
Reflexiones didácticas sobre el componente socio-humanístico en la formación creativa del arquitecto
El artículo argumenta la importancia de una formación más compleja e integral del arquitecto. Se valora la función dinamizadora y educativa que puede ejercer el componente socio humanístico en el proceso de formación de este profesional, entendiéndose por dinamizador, aquello que impregna movimiento, sentido y significado a las diferentes actividades docentes y profesionales. Para lograr la integralidad de este proceso se requiere trabajar en var…
Tecnología y Creatividad en la Mejora de la Docencia Universitaria
Este artículo presenta una propuesta de transformación de la formación continua basada en redes sociales a partir de la exploración de la noción de creatividad aplicada de Herrán, con la que analizar las prácticas de enseñanza en educación superior. Se trata de un proceso de formación seguido de otro de investigación – acción con ayuda de las TIC, un ciclo de 3 pasos para repensar la práctica. Los docentes participantes modificaron sus programaci…
Reflexiones sobre la educación del sumak kawsay en Ecuador
The concept of good living -sumak Kawsay (quechua) belongs to a worldview that is embedded within the model of society in different South American countries and integrated in their social and educative regulations. The complexity and ambition of its approach recommend the need for debate about what the implications are for society and the world, being qualified as a Latin American utopia. In the same way, in education where it is necessary to do …
Creación de una red socioeducativa en espacios de exclusión social: Una experiencia en el Distrito de Tetuán (Madrid)
En este artículo se analiza la formación de una red socioeducativa en el Distrito de Tetuán (Madrid) en un contexto con notables índices de vulnerabilidad social. La organización surge desde un Plan de Desarrollo Comunitario, percibido como una oportunidad de mejora de la calidad de vida de la población. Con una orientación pedagógica, el objetivo principal es describir el proceso de creación de la estructura-red en un entorno de exclusión social…
Informe sobre el Acogimiento Residencial en Centros de Protección de Menores: La Vivencia de Jóvenes Ex-residentes y sus Familias
Esta investigación pretende conocer el nivel de integración social y la valoración sobre su experiencia de acogimiento residencial de menores que estuvieron en recursos de protección de la Comunidad de Madrid. La muestra de estudio está constituida por 350 casos que estuvieron más de dos años internos y que salieron con 16 años o más del sistema de protección entre 1994 y 1998
Cenários educacionais na contemporaneidade: Reflexões a respeito das diferenças e das performances
The purpose of the text is to identify which are the elements these days that generate inequalities in education, from a local and global perspective. This aims to understand its reality with a macro perspective. In order to answer the objective, it was used the reconstructive hermeneutics, which is seen as a suitable methodology to address the question. The search for these elements is the inevitable consequence of this understanding. The resear…
Do parents want death to be included in their children’s education
The objective of this study is to determine whether parents of schoolchildren want an education that takes death into account or not. To address this objective, the Death Education Attitudes Scale-Parents (DEAS-P) was designed, validated and applied to the Spanish population, through an exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, with suitable values. The reliability test found a Cronbach’s alpha of .90, with two factors. The scale was compleme…
What do teachers think of death education
This study sets out to address a gap in research into teachers' attitudes and opinions toward death education. To meet this objective, two complementary instruments were designed and validated: the Death Education Attitudes Scale-Teachers (DEAS-T), which showed suitable psychometric values, and the Death Education Questionnaire-Teachers (DEQ-T). The sample comprised 683 teachers from a range of schools. The results show moderately positive attitu…
The inclusion of death in the curriculum of the Spanish Regions
This study aims to determine the extent and manner in which the notion of death is provided for in laws regulating school curricula in Spain and the Spanish Autonomous Regions, and to identify any differences and similarities among the Regions. To this end a documentary survey of current legislation, curricular regulations and educational provision for learner diversity was conducted from a quantitative and qualitative, analytical and comparative…
La Pedagogía de la muerte en el contexto de la pandemia: Una mirada radical e inclusiva
In the current pandemic scenario, interest in the Pedagogy of Death has intensified. It is a scientific discipline whose object of study is education that includes death, as part of an education of conscience
Análisis de contenido y teorías subyacentes en los textos españoles de referencia sobre Didáctica General
Los resultados de los Informes Pisa 2019 confirman que el sistema educativo español sigue estancado al finalizar la enseñanza obligatoria. Esta situación requiere una autocrítica de todos los agentes implicados. Uno de los colectivos concernidos son los profesores universitarios que preparan a los que serán futuros docentes. Entre ellos, se encuentran los que enseñan Didáctica General, que facilitan una formación didáctica básica y polivalente a …
Do adolescents want death to be included in their education
The presence of death in Spanish education law (1812–2006)
The objective of this study is to determine whether death has been present, and if so in what way, in Spanish education law from 1812 to 2006. The presence of 25 terms semantically related to death was analyzed in laws and regulations on school curricula. Death is generally absent as a directly approachable phenomenon within the given period, except in scattered regulations which, as a rule, link death in education to religion. From the beginning…
The radical inclusive curriculum: Contributions toward a theory of complete education
This paper contributes to curriculum theory from the perspective of a fundamental critique of education. Its objective is two-fold: to analyze both traditional and critical approaches to the curriculum and the types of education that flow from them and to propose changes that could result in significant improvements to the curricula through the radical and inclusive approach. The principles of pedagogy are redefined from the standpoint of this ap…
Impact of a teacher-training Mooc on the Pedagogy of Death during the pandemic
The objective of this study was to determine the impact of a MOOC on the attitudes of pre-service and in-service teachers toward education on death. The study adopted a pre- and post-test design. Participants ( N = 139) answered the Death Education Attitudes Scale-Teachers (DEAS-T) questionnaire at the beginning and end of the course. The results confirmed significant differences between the pre- and post-course applications in the three scale fa…
Death in the Scottish curriculum: Denying or confronting
The important role of schools in supporting children experiencing bereavement is established, yet less is known about how school curricula include death as part of life and this limits our understanding of the systemic structures that shape children's knowledge and experience of death. To address this gap, this paper discusses an analysis of the Scottish curriculum to explore the extent to which death features in compulsory education for children…
Mum, when we die, what do you think happens?” A qualitative study of views on death education among Spanish families
We developed a study to determine perceptions of death education among parents of Spanish schoolchildren aged 3-18 years. We used a qualitative approach, using focus groups and interviews in six state schools. Notable findings were death-related issues are of interest to families, parents recognized the educational potential of teaching death issues, and they called for training in the Pedagogy of Death for both themselves and teachers. In death …
Más allá de la Death Education? Un estudio sobre sus tradiciones epistemológicas
La death education abarca una amplia gama de ámbitos y contenidos que, desde sus inicios, han incluido el acompañamiento, el duelo y los cuidados, principalmente desde las Ciencias de la Salud. Sólo en las últimas décadas han pasado al campo educativo propiamente pedagógico (sistema educativo, escuelas, formación de educadores, enseñanza, recursos, etc.), aplicándose más allá del duelo. Las revistas científicas mejor indexadas sobre death educati…
In-service teacher education in death education through participatory action research (PAR)
Current teacher education neglects educational needs, such as death education. A participatory action research (PAR) approach based on the needs and interests of teachers was adopted. One private and two state schools at all levels of non-university education were involved. The objective was to understand a process of change in teaching facilitated by PAR in the context of a teaching innovation project in death education. The results are presente…
Adoctrinamiento y educación: Consideraciones Desde El Enfoque Radical E Inclusivo Para La Enseñanza
Introduction. Indoctrination is currently a widely debated topic in social and educational theory, with discussions about its definition, causes, relationship with education, and alternatives. This paper analyzes indoctrination from the point of view of the radical and inclusive approach developed by the authors thirty years ago, incorporating classical Eastern perspectives and concepts into pedagogy and education. Aims. The objectives of the stu…
Más allá y más acá de la educación inclusiva. Crítica y expansión de su concepto
The article critically analyses the current conception of inclusive education and proposes a broader model that includes attention to student diversity and identity, an inclusive curriculum in terms of paradigms, approaches, and techniques considering diversity among teachers, and an inclusive curriculum related to teaching domains. The concept of “meaningful inclusive education” is also introduced, which acknowledges the uniqueness of each stude…
Qué puede aportar la investigación artística a la Didáctica General
INTRODUCCIÓN. En el actual contexto social y educativo se precisa mejorar la enseñanza y la formación de profesores y educadores. La Didáctica General es la disciplina de referencia de ambos objetos de estudio. Desde este ensayo se asume críticamente que esta disciplina puede redefinirse epistemológicamente. Se cuestiona si, desde su consideración como arte de enseñar, podría completarse con la epistemología de las Artes. El objetivo es indagar e…
Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (14 works) · Pedagogy (13 works) · Humanities (12 works) · Philosophy (12 works) · Political science (12 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (9 works) · Death education (7 works) · Education and Teacher Training (6 works)