Alejandro Gómez Gonçalves
Biographic Data
| ID | 6467821 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alejandro Gómez Gonçalves |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alejandro Gómez |
| FAMILY NAME | Gonçalves |
| SIGNATURE | GONÇALVES A G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Salamanca |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4988-4623 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Análisis de la representación cartográfica de información cualitativa de mapas mentales sobre los conocimientos del mapa físico de España
The aim of this article is to analyse and compare different ways of spatially representing qualitative information obtained through cognitive maps on the physical map of Spain. A methodological approach is proposed that covers the collection of information, its processing, and the presentation of results. Based on a visual survey of 627 primary education teacher training students from four Spanish universities, this research analyses how to spati…
What do future Spanish primary education teachers know about physical maps
Although research on geographic literacy has become frequent in recent years, there are no studies that have focused on the physical map of a country. The main objective of this research is to measure the knowledge of the physical environment of their country among a group of university students. For this purpose, 627 students of the Primary Education Teaching Degree have participated in this research. An innovative work method was used to measur…
Discovering the latent structures of knowledge of the physical environment of future teachers in Spain. What do they know, and why
In cognitive geography and didactics, there is a long tradition of using sketch maps as a tool to assess students’ and citizens’ making maps knowledge. This study, as a pioneering exercise in the use of sketch maps of the features of Spain’s physical environment, is based on the use of 627 sketches of the physical environment drawn by a convenience sample of future teachers from four Spanish universities. Qualitative information was obtained from…
Género, Mapas Mentales y Competencia Digital Docente en la Percepción Espacial con Perspectiva de Género
Las sociedades han construido sus relaciones y sus estructuras organizativas en el espacio geográfico o territorio. Tales relaciones bidireccionales entre el medio físico y el ser humano han dado como resultado los lugares tal y como los reconocemos. Aunque el territorio se ha considerado un soporte neutro, asexuado, la progresiva introducción del enfoque de género y la Geografía de la Mujer o Feminista han permitido establecer novedosas bases te…
What Competencies and Capabilities Identify a Good Teacher? Design of an Instrument to Measure Preservice Teachers’ Perceptions
Teachers should not only be regarded as professionals with a large amount of knowledge that they must transmit but are also expected to fulfil other functions and possess other qualities to overcome the teaching challenge. This paper is aimed at designing and validating an instrument to identify preservice teachers’ perceptions about the competencies and capabilities that a good teacher should have. The study sample is made up of 230 university s…
El Trabajo Fin de Grado
Los resultados que obtiene el alumnado al realizar el Trabajo Fin de Grado (TFG) responden a una serie de factores, entre los que se encuentran algunos ligados a las características personales del individuo. El objetivo del presente estudio es analizar la influencia de varios de estos factores, tales como la autoeficacia, la motivación y el control académico percibido, en los resultados que esperan obtener un grupo de estudiantes al realizar el T…
Geographic literacy in spain with mental maps
There is growing interest in assessing the knowledge acquired by students. More often and in diverse disciplines it is necessary to know the level of the students through different types of testing. In the case of teaching of geography in Spain, there is a decrease and loss of such learning for various reasons. The aim of this research is to analyze the literacy in geography of university students in the Grado en Maestro de Educación Primaria (De…
How Long Has It Taken for the Physical Landscape to Form? Conceptions of Spanish Pre-Service Teachers
This paper analyses the conceptions of a group of students about geological time and its relation to physical landscape formation, focusing on the frequency and rate of a number of geological processes that have shaped our planet over time and that are involved in the formation of the current relief. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire that was administered to 199 university students from a Spanish public university. A total of 185 of…
El modelo de jornada escolar a debate desde la percepción de docentes jubilados
The debate on the adequacy of a continuous or non-continuous school day model in Spain is still a burning topic. This paper presents analyses by 250 retired primary teachers on the types of school day, taking account factors such as student performance, family organization, their repercussion on students’ sleeping hours and the training of both teachers and students. The results show that most teachers support the idea of a continuous school-day …
Nuevos desafíos en la Educación Superior
En la universidad española, el Trabajo Fin de Grado (TFG) es el último escalón en el periodo formativo de los estudiantes de grado, y desempeña una importante función en la evaluación de las competencias, conocimientos y aptitudes adquiridas. Esta asignatura supone un reto para los futuros graduados ya que deben hacer frente a diferentes dificultades durante su proceso de elaboración. La base de inicio de este trabajo se encuentra en el estudio d…
Analysis of Spanish pre-service teachers’ mental models of geologic time
This study uses a one-group pre-test and post-test design to describe the mental models of geologic time held by a group of Spanish pre-service primary teachers, before and after an instructional intervention that introduced the work with different timescales. The questionnaire was given before instruction and five weeks after it. It consists of a timeline where seven key events were to be sequenced, and two questions, one open-ended and one clos…
Geographic literacy in spain with mental maps
There is growing interest in assessing the knowledge acquired by students. More often and in diverse disciplines it is necessary to know the level of the students through different types of testing. In the case of teaching of geography in Spain, there is a decrease and loss of such learning for various reasons. The aim of this research is to analyze the literacy in geography of university students in the Grado en Maestro de Educación Primaria (De…
How Long Has It Taken for the Physical Landscape to Form? Conceptions of Spanish Pre-Service Teachers
This paper analyses the conceptions of a group of students about geological time and its relation to physical landscape formation, focusing on the frequency and rate of a number of geological processes that have shaped our planet over time and that are involved in the formation of the current relief. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire that was administered to 199 university students from a Spanish public university. A total of 185 of…
El modelo de jornada escolar a debate desde la percepción de docentes jubilados
The debate on the adequacy of a continuous or non-continuous school day model in Spain is still a burning topic. This paper presents analyses by 250 retired primary teachers on the types of school day, taking account factors such as student performance, family organization, their repercussion on students’ sleeping hours and the training of both teachers and students. The results show that most teachers support the idea of a continuous school-day …
Nuevos desafíos en la Educación Superior
En la universidad española, el Trabajo Fin de Grado (TFG) es el último escalón en el periodo formativo de los estudiantes de grado, y desempeña una importante función en la evaluación de las competencias, conocimientos y aptitudes adquiridas. Esta asignatura supone un reto para los futuros graduados ya que deben hacer frente a diferentes dificultades durante su proceso de elaboración. La base de inicio de este trabajo se encuentra en el estudio d…
Analysis of Spanish pre-service teachers’ mental models of geologic time
This study uses a one-group pre-test and post-test design to describe the mental models of geologic time held by a group of Spanish pre-service primary teachers, before and after an instructional intervention that introduced the work with different timescales. The questionnaire was given before instruction and five weeks after it. It consists of a timeline where seven key events were to be sequenced, and two questions, one open-ended and one clos…
Geographic literacy in spain with mental maps
There is growing interest in assessing the knowledge acquired by students. More often and in diverse disciplines it is necessary to know the level of the students through different types of testing. In the case of teaching of geography in Spain, there is a decrease and loss of such learning for various reasons. The aim of this research is to analyze the literacy in geography of university students in the Grado en Maestro de Educación Primaria (De…
What Competencies and Capabilities Identify a Good Teacher? Design of an Instrument to Measure Preservice Teachers’ Perceptions
Teachers should not only be regarded as professionals with a large amount of knowledge that they must transmit but are also expected to fulfil other functions and possess other qualities to overcome the teaching challenge. This paper is aimed at designing and validating an instrument to identify preservice teachers’ perceptions about the competencies and capabilities that a good teacher should have. The study sample is made up of 230 university s…
El Trabajo Fin de Grado
Los resultados que obtiene el alumnado al realizar el Trabajo Fin de Grado (TFG) responden a una serie de factores, entre los que se encuentran algunos ligados a las características personales del individuo. El objetivo del presente estudio es analizar la influencia de varios de estos factores, tales como la autoeficacia, la motivación y el control académico percibido, en los resultados que esperan obtener un grupo de estudiantes al realizar el T…
Análisis de la representación cartográfica de información cualitativa de mapas mentales sobre los conocimientos del mapa físico de España
The aim of this article is to analyse and compare different ways of spatially representing qualitative information obtained through cognitive maps on the physical map of Spain. A methodological approach is proposed that covers the collection of information, its processing, and the presentation of results. Based on a visual survey of 627 primary education teacher training students from four Spanish universities, this research analyses how to spati…
What do future Spanish primary education teachers know about physical maps
Although research on geographic literacy has become frequent in recent years, there are no studies that have focused on the physical map of a country. The main objective of this research is to measure the knowledge of the physical environment of their country among a group of university students. For this purpose, 627 students of the Primary Education Teaching Degree have participated in this research. An innovative work method was used to measur…
Discovering the latent structures of knowledge of the physical environment of future teachers in Spain. What do they know, and why
In cognitive geography and didactics, there is a long tradition of using sketch maps as a tool to assess students’ and citizens’ making maps knowledge. This study, as a pioneering exercise in the use of sketch maps of the features of Spain’s physical environment, is based on the use of 627 sketches of the physical environment drawn by a convenience sample of future teachers from four Spanish universities. Qualitative information was obtained from…
Género, Mapas Mentales y Competencia Digital Docente en la Percepción Espacial con Perspectiva de Género
Las sociedades han construido sus relaciones y sus estructuras organizativas en el espacio geográfico o territorio. Tales relaciones bidireccionales entre el medio físico y el ser humano han dado como resultado los lugares tal y como los reconocemos. Aunque el territorio se ha considerado un soporte neutro, asexuado, la progresiva introducción del enfoque de género y la Geografía de la Mujer o Feminista han permitido establecer novedosas bases te…
Psychology (7 works) · Geography and Education Methods (5 works) · Mathematics education (5 works) · Geography Education and Pedagogy (4 works) · Spatial Cognition and Navigation (4 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Higher education (2 works) · Humanities (2 works)