Francisco Javier Gil-Espinosa
Biographic Data
| ID | 9697394 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Francisco Javier Gil-Espinosa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Francisco Javier |
| FAMILY NAME | Gil-Espinosa |
| SIGNATURE | GIL-ESPINOSA F J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Málaga |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8845-4060 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Leading in Adverse Times
This mixed-methods study examines 387 Spanish school principals during COVID-19. It shows how their roles expanded to include health coordination, emotional support, and digital adaptation. Quantitative data were analyzed with SPSS using descriptive statistics and Pearson correlations, and qualitative data were examined using grounded-theory-informed coding. The findings highlight adaptive leadership in fostering resilience through restructuring …
Gender differences in school leadership
School leadership plays an integral role in meeting educational quality standards. In recent years, the interplay between gender and leadership has emerged as a contentious subject of discussion. This study delves into how the gender of school principals influences their perception and administration of designated professional competencies. Engaging 470 school leaders from state-owned schools from Spain (Andalusia), this analysis uncovers notable…
The perspectives of school principals in Spain
School leadership plays a crucial role to quality education. Social changes have led to an increase in school principals’ competencies, responsibilities, and demands. There are significant gaps in the literature on school leadership and limitations in the study of principals’ responsibilities. This study aimed to analyse whether principals consider the competencies assigned to them by educational legislation to be within their scope. Participants…
Physical education teachers’ reality and experience from teaching during a pandemic
https://openpolicyfinder.jisc.ac.uk/id/publication/6107
Evaluation of a Proposal for Movement Integration in the Teaching–Learning Process in Early Childhood Education
Physical activity is essential to child development, but studies show that children are increasingly inactive. Due to schools being considered privileged environments to promote physical activity, the aim of this study was to increase the physical activity performed by early childhood education children during the school day by integrating movement into academic content and analyze this process. The amount and intensity of physical activity perfo…
High School Physical Education Teachers’ Perceptions of Blended Learning One Year after the Onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the educational landscape worldwide. One year after the disease outbreak, blended learning, which combines distance and face-to-face learning, became an alternative to fully online learning to address the demands of ensuring students' health and education. Physical education teachers faced an additional challenge, given the experiential nature of their subject, but research on teachers' perspectives is scarce. Th…
Association of Physical Fitness with Intelligence and Academic Achievement in Adolescents
Physical fitness, intelligence and academic achievement are being studied from a multidisciplinary perspective. In this line, studies to advance our understanding of intelligence and academic achievement could be relevant for designing school-based programs. Our study analyzed the relationship between components of physical fitness including cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength and flexibility and general intelligence and academic achieve…
Physical education teachers’ reality and experience from teaching during a pandemic
https://openpolicyfinder.jisc.ac.uk/id/publication/6107
Association of Physical Fitness with Intelligence and Academic Achievement in Adolescents
Physical fitness, intelligence and academic achievement are being studied from a multidisciplinary perspective. In this line, studies to advance our understanding of intelligence and academic achievement could be relevant for designing school-based programs. Our study analyzed the relationship between components of physical fitness including cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength and flexibility and general intelligence and academic achieve…
High School Physical Education Teachers’ Perceptions of Blended Learning One Year after the Onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the educational landscape worldwide. One year after the disease outbreak, blended learning, which combines distance and face-to-face learning, became an alternative to fully online learning to address the demands of ensuring students' health and education. Physical education teachers faced an additional challenge, given the experiential nature of their subject, but research on teachers' perspectives is scarce. Th…
Evaluation of a Proposal for Movement Integration in the Teaching–Learning Process in Early Childhood Education
Physical activity is essential to child development, but studies show that children are increasingly inactive. Due to schools being considered privileged environments to promote physical activity, the aim of this study was to increase the physical activity performed by early childhood education children during the school day by integrating movement into academic content and analyze this process. The amount and intensity of physical activity perfo…
Physical education teachers’ reality and experience from teaching during a pandemic
https://openpolicyfinder.jisc.ac.uk/id/publication/6107
The perspectives of school principals in Spain
School leadership plays a crucial role to quality education. Social changes have led to an increase in school principals’ competencies, responsibilities, and demands. There are significant gaps in the literature on school leadership and limitations in the study of principals’ responsibilities. This study aimed to analyse whether principals consider the competencies assigned to them by educational legislation to be within their scope. Participants…
Leading in Adverse Times
This mixed-methods study examines 387 Spanish school principals during COVID-19. It shows how their roles expanded to include health coordination, emotional support, and digital adaptation. Quantitative data were analyzed with SPSS using descriptive statistics and Pearson correlations, and qualitative data were examined using grounded-theory-informed coding. The findings highlight adaptive leadership in fostering resilience through restructuring …
Gender differences in school leadership
School leadership plays an integral role in meeting educational quality standards. In recent years, the interplay between gender and leadership has emerged as a contentious subject of discussion. This study delves into how the gender of school principals influences their perception and administration of designated professional competencies. Engaging 470 school leaders from state-owned schools from Spain (Andalusia), this analysis uncovers notable…
Psychology (6 works) · Mathematics education (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Educational leadership (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Children's Physical and Motor Development (2 works) · Instructional leadership (2 works) · Leadership style (2 works)