Laura Arnau‐sabaté
Biographic Data
| ID | 4416019 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Arnau‐sabaté |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Arnau‐sabaté |
| SIGNATURE | SABATÉ L A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3359-4071 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Child Protection System and Education: An Umbrella Review of Factors Supporting the Educational Progress of Children in the Foster Care System
International literature has consistently demonstrated that children in the foster care system (FCS) exhibit poorer academic outcomes: lower academic achievement, higher rates of school absenteeism and truancy, lower high school graduation rates and reduced postsecondary educational attainment. In response, this meta‐review aims to synthesize existing evidence and offer an integrative perspective on the factors that support educational progress a…
Getting the Right Mix Between Research and Teaching: A Cross‐National Study of University Teachers' Perspectives and Practices in Teacher Education and Education Studies
Integrating research into teaching gives future practitioners the opportunity to inform and enhance their own professional capacities and practices with research. This study analyses integration practices currently employed by a sample of 124 university teachers delivering teacher education and education studies courses from three research‐intensive universities in Catalonia (Spain), Poland, and England. Three particular aspects of their research…
Characteristics and Views of Young Unaccompanied Migrants Transitioning to Independent Living in the Catalan (Spain) Protection System
In Spain, unaccompanied migrant minors receive care provision from the government. This article analyzes the experience of unaccompanied young migrants in the protection system of Catalonia (Spain) and their preparation for the transition to independent living. A survey with 90 unaccompanied migrant youths who were about to leave care was conducted. The results show that many of the participants were in non-specific transitional housing placement…
Teaching in Natural Contexts. Project-based Learning and Perception of Professional Competence of Pre-service Teachers in Spanish Universities
This study investigates the impact of project-based learning (PBL) on the perception of professional competence in Early Childhood Education (ECE) among pre-service teachers in Spain. A total of 586 students from four Spanish universities participated in a pre-post test design using the ECPP-FIM scale to measure the impact of the PBL approach on the perception of professional psychomotor intervention skills of ECE. The PBL approach involved close…
The educational and work progress of care experienced adults: The potential contribution of birth family adults over time
Early work experiences, social inclusion and transition to adulthood: The voice of care-experienced young adults
It is widely recognised that young people in out-of-home care are often involved in a complex process of culminating disadvantage and exclusion. Investing in the core ingredients of social inclusion (participation and interpersonal relationships) while still in care can counterbalance ongoing exclusion processes. In this article, we explore how early work experiences (before the age of 18) can play a role in this. Findings A thematic analysis was…
Exploring care leavers' agency in achieving entry into the world of work: A cross‐national study in six countries
This article draws attention to the relevance of young care leavers' exercise of agency as one possible key ingredient in overcoming barriers to engagement in work. Several previous studies show difficulties in entering adult life, both in relation to higher and further education as well as entrance into work life. The article analyses interviews with young adults from six countries, who have spent at least part of their childhood and youth in ou…
Instrumentos de Evaluación e Investigación en Pedagogía Social
Presentación del monográfico Instrumentos de Evaluación e investigación en Pedagogía Social
Supporting youth transitioning from state care into adulthood in Illinois and Catalonia: Lessons from a cross-national comparison
Support in the workplace: How relationships with bosses and co-workers may benefit care leavers and young people in care
Factors influencing perceptions of teenage motherhood among girls in residential care
The aim of this research is to analyze the cognitive, affective and cultural factors involved in adolescent motherhood among girls in residential care. Using this specific country example, the study also seeks to analyze if the influence of these factors is the same for girls in residential care and girls from disadvantaged backgrounds. A semi-structured interview was conducted with 54 girls distributed across three groups: 18 girls from two resi…
Piaac results on opportunities for informal learning in the workplace in Spain / Resultados Piaac sobre las oportunidades para el aprendizaje informal en el puesto de trabajo en España
This article uses data from the PIAAC (Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competences) Background Questionnaire to describe conditions related to informal learning (IL) in the workplace and opportunities to learn informally in organizations in Spain. PIAAC data indicate that in Spain, informal learning processes in organizations are a common, everyday practice. However, some differences have been found in the intensity of this le…
The role of carers in supporting the progress of care leavers in the world of work
The aim of this component of a preliminary cross‐national study (Ireland and Catalonia) of care leavers' experience in the world of work is to explore how carers may influence the entry of young people in care into the world of work and how they may also influence the young people's progress in that world. A total of 22 care leavers, aged 23–33 years, were recruited on the basis of their having substantial employment experience since leaving care…
Jóvenes tutelados y transición a la vida independiente: Indicadores de éxito // Indicators of success of young people in care in their transition into independent life
The transition to independent living for young people in care requires the design of plans and actions that are initiated in the residential centers and continue after they leave. The aim of this article is to further understand how this transition takes place and how it is seen by those that are involved, in order to establish educational proposals to help them navigate successfully. Information from 21 young people in care in Catalonia and 43 e…
What helps young care leavers to enter the world of work? Possible lessons learned from an exploratory study in Ireland and Catalonia
Learning basic employability competence: A challenge for the active labour insertion of adolescents in residential care in their transition to adulthood
The teaching of basic employability competence from a very early age is of preventive value in the transition of young people in residential care to adulthood. The present research relates employability competence (finding and holding down a job and gaining promotion in the labour market) with positive career outcomes and employment opportunities. In this study, conceptual methods for understanding employability are analysed and some existing int…
The relationship between awareness of road safety measure and accident involvement in pre-drivers: The basis of a road safety programme
Objectives: This research aims to carry out a first validation of the QAR-Precon screening questionnaire applied in Catalonia during the drivers' initial training, analyse the differences in risky road user behaviour according to two main variables: whether they had any experience of an accident and sex and examine the different risky road user patterns of pre-drivers. Methods: In order to group the questionnaire variables together, an explorator…
Socialization process and social support networks of out-of-care youngsters
What helps young care leavers to enter the world of work? Possible lessons learned from an exploratory study in Ireland and Catalonia
The role of carers in supporting the progress of care leavers in the world of work
The aim of this component of a preliminary cross‐national study (Ireland and Catalonia) of care leavers' experience in the world of work is to explore how carers may influence the entry of young people in care into the world of work and how they may also influence the young people's progress in that world. A total of 22 care leavers, aged 23–33 years, were recruited on the basis of their having substantial employment experience since leaving care…
Socialization process and social support networks of out-of-care youngsters
Exploring care leavers' agency in achieving entry into the world of work: A cross‐national study in six countries
This article draws attention to the relevance of young care leavers' exercise of agency as one possible key ingredient in overcoming barriers to engagement in work. Several previous studies show difficulties in entering adult life, both in relation to higher and further education as well as entrance into work life. The article analyses interviews with young adults from six countries, who have spent at least part of their childhood and youth in ou…
Supporting youth transitioning from state care into adulthood in Illinois and Catalonia: Lessons from a cross-national comparison
Support in the workplace: How relationships with bosses and co-workers may benefit care leavers and young people in care
Piaac results on opportunities for informal learning in the workplace in Spain / Resultados Piaac sobre las oportunidades para el aprendizaje informal en el puesto de trabajo en España
This article uses data from the PIAAC (Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competences) Background Questionnaire to describe conditions related to informal learning (IL) in the workplace and opportunities to learn informally in organizations in Spain. PIAAC data indicate that in Spain, informal learning processes in organizations are a common, everyday practice. However, some differences have been found in the intensity of this le…
Learning basic employability competence: A challenge for the active labour insertion of adolescents in residential care in their transition to adulthood
The teaching of basic employability competence from a very early age is of preventive value in the transition of young people in residential care to adulthood. The present research relates employability competence (finding and holding down a job and gaining promotion in the labour market) with positive career outcomes and employment opportunities. In this study, conceptual methods for understanding employability are analysed and some existing int…
Socialization process and social support networks of out-of-care youngsters
Learning basic employability competence: A challenge for the active labour insertion of adolescents in residential care in their transition to adulthood
The teaching of basic employability competence from a very early age is of preventive value in the transition of young people in residential care to adulthood. The present research relates employability competence (finding and holding down a job and gaining promotion in the labour market) with positive career outcomes and employment opportunities. In this study, conceptual methods for understanding employability are analysed and some existing int…
The relationship between awareness of road safety measure and accident involvement in pre-drivers: The basis of a road safety programme
Objectives: This research aims to carry out a first validation of the QAR-Precon screening questionnaire applied in Catalonia during the drivers' initial training, analyse the differences in risky road user behaviour according to two main variables: whether they had any experience of an accident and sex and examine the different risky road user patterns of pre-drivers. Methods: In order to group the questionnaire variables together, an explorator…
Jóvenes tutelados y transición a la vida independiente: Indicadores de éxito // Indicators of success of young people in care in their transition into independent life
The transition to independent living for young people in care requires the design of plans and actions that are initiated in the residential centers and continue after they leave. The aim of this article is to further understand how this transition takes place and how it is seen by those that are involved, in order to establish educational proposals to help them navigate successfully. Information from 21 young people in care in Catalonia and 43 e…
What helps young care leavers to enter the world of work? Possible lessons learned from an exploratory study in Ireland and Catalonia
The role of carers in supporting the progress of care leavers in the world of work
The aim of this component of a preliminary cross‐national study (Ireland and Catalonia) of care leavers' experience in the world of work is to explore how carers may influence the entry of young people in care into the world of work and how they may also influence the young people's progress in that world. A total of 22 care leavers, aged 23–33 years, were recruited on the basis of their having substantial employment experience since leaving care…
Factors influencing perceptions of teenage motherhood among girls in residential care
The aim of this research is to analyze the cognitive, affective and cultural factors involved in adolescent motherhood among girls in residential care. Using this specific country example, the study also seeks to analyze if the influence of these factors is the same for girls in residential care and girls from disadvantaged backgrounds. A semi-structured interview was conducted with 54 girls distributed across three groups: 18 girls from two resi…
Piaac results on opportunities for informal learning in the workplace in Spain / Resultados Piaac sobre las oportunidades para el aprendizaje informal en el puesto de trabajo en España
This article uses data from the PIAAC (Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competences) Background Questionnaire to describe conditions related to informal learning (IL) in the workplace and opportunities to learn informally in organizations in Spain. PIAAC data indicate that in Spain, informal learning processes in organizations are a common, everyday practice. However, some differences have been found in the intensity of this le…
Support in the workplace: How relationships with bosses and co-workers may benefit care leavers and young people in care
Instrumentos de Evaluación e Investigación en Pedagogía Social
Presentación del monográfico Instrumentos de Evaluación e investigación en Pedagogía Social
Supporting youth transitioning from state care into adulthood in Illinois and Catalonia: Lessons from a cross-national comparison
Exploring care leavers' agency in achieving entry into the world of work: A cross‐national study in six countries
This article draws attention to the relevance of young care leavers' exercise of agency as one possible key ingredient in overcoming barriers to engagement in work. Several previous studies show difficulties in entering adult life, both in relation to higher and further education as well as entrance into work life. The article analyses interviews with young adults from six countries, who have spent at least part of their childhood and youth in ou…
Early work experiences, social inclusion and transition to adulthood: The voice of care-experienced young adults
It is widely recognised that young people in out-of-home care are often involved in a complex process of culminating disadvantage and exclusion. Investing in the core ingredients of social inclusion (participation and interpersonal relationships) while still in care can counterbalance ongoing exclusion processes. In this article, we explore how early work experiences (before the age of 18) can play a role in this. Findings A thematic analysis was…
Getting the Right Mix Between Research and Teaching: A Cross‐National Study of University Teachers' Perspectives and Practices in Teacher Education and Education Studies
Integrating research into teaching gives future practitioners the opportunity to inform and enhance their own professional capacities and practices with research. This study analyses integration practices currently employed by a sample of 124 university teachers delivering teacher education and education studies courses from three research‐intensive universities in Catalonia (Spain), Poland, and England. Three particular aspects of their research…
Characteristics and Views of Young Unaccompanied Migrants Transitioning to Independent Living in the Catalan (Spain) Protection System
In Spain, unaccompanied migrant minors receive care provision from the government. This article analyzes the experience of unaccompanied young migrants in the protection system of Catalonia (Spain) and their preparation for the transition to independent living. A survey with 90 unaccompanied migrant youths who were about to leave care was conducted. The results show that many of the participants were in non-specific transitional housing placement…
Teaching in Natural Contexts. Project-based Learning and Perception of Professional Competence of Pre-service Teachers in Spanish Universities
This study investigates the impact of project-based learning (PBL) on the perception of professional competence in Early Childhood Education (ECE) among pre-service teachers in Spain. A total of 586 students from four Spanish universities participated in a pre-post test design using the ECPP-FIM scale to measure the impact of the PBL approach on the perception of professional psychomotor intervention skills of ECE. The PBL approach involved close…
The educational and work progress of care experienced adults: The potential contribution of birth family adults over time
Child Protection System and Education: An Umbrella Review of Factors Supporting the Educational Progress of Children in the Foster Care System
International literature has consistently demonstrated that children in the foster care system (FCS) exhibit poorer academic outcomes: lower academic achievement, higher rates of school absenteeism and truancy, lower high school graduation rates and reduced postsecondary educational attainment. In response, this meta‐review aims to synthesize existing evidence and offer an integrative perspective on the factors that support educational progress a…
Psychology (17 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (12 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Work (physics (6 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works)