Higher education teachers’ attitudes towards English medium instruction: A three-country comparison

Author: Dearden, J. & Macaro, E.

Recommended by: Alicia Fernández Barrera

“This paper reports on a small scale exploratory comparison of lecturers and tutors in three universities situated in Poland, Austria and Italy and describes their attitudes towards the growing phenomenon of English medium instruction (EMI) in higher education in their respective countries. It concludes that further research of such comparative kind might provide insights into how the phenomenon of EMI is being introduced and accepted across the world.”

Teaching in English Is Not Necessarily the Teaching of English

Author: Chapple, J.

Recommended by: Alicia Fernández Barrera

“This article explains how a growing number of the nation’s universities are increasingly offering classes–and even entire courses–in English. This paper firstly explores the theoretical background and rationale behind the trend. It concludes with practical recommendations for greater language support activities and warns of the implications of naively equating EMI alone to an automatic improvement in English language ability in the Japanese context.”

Linguistic Outcomes of English Medium Instruction Programmes in Higher Education: A study on Economics Undergraduates at a Catalan University

Author: Ament, J. R. & Pérez-Vidal, C.

Recommended by: Alicia Fernández Barrera

“This article examines the effects of EMI and provides a theoretical background about EMI, CLIL and ICLHE. It highlights some research results about the linguistic gains of EMI in a particular context. Reflection on the viability and effectiveness of EMI implementation in HE.”

Healthy habits in pre-schoolers and their families. An invitation to reflection

Author: Solano-Pinto, N., Canales, I.S., Cézar, R.F., López, S.C., & Bardera, C.P.

Recommended by: Natalia Solano Pinto

“This study analyses some health-related habits in a sample of families with children aged 3-5 years.”

Using Smartphones as Experimental Tools, a Follow-up: Cognitive Effects by Video Analysis and Reduction of Cognitive Load by Multiple Representations

Author: Hochberg, K., Becker, S., Louis, M. et al.

Recommended by: Natalia Solano Pinto

“The principal aim in this paper is research about the cognitive effects of mobile devices (smartphones or tablets) among students at secondary schools. This research use a quasi- experimental study through treatment- control group comparison in relationship affective variables such as interest, self- concept and curiosity.”

The Relationship Between Theory of Mind and Social Interest: A Literature Review

Author: Lam, B.

Recommended by: Natalia Solano Pinto

“In this paper you can find information about different level in theory of mind and their relations with social factors. The most interest in this article are the explication about different level of the theory of mind across the lifespan. Likewise, the author included the relationship between mental disorder with impaired cognitive functioning.”

Competitive children, cooperative mothers? Effect of various social factors on the retrospective and prospective use of theory of mind

Author: Castellano-Navarro, A., Guillén-Salazar, F. & Albiach-Serrano, A.

Recommended by: Natalia Solano Pinto

“This paper shows experimental research in the evolutive psychology field, in three experimental trials and different contexts: competitive and cooperative contexts. The results has been suggested that the cooperative attitude between children and their mother could be linked to the positive development of the theory of mind.”

Body size attitudes and body image perception among preschool children and their parents: a preliminary study

Author: Kościcka, K., Czepczor, K., & Brytek-Matera, A.

Recommended by: Natalia Solano Pinto

“In this paper you can find information about body image development among children and their parents. Besides, it’s a quantitative research with contrast between parents and their children in relationship between thin and muscular ideal internalization and, on the other hand, family, media and peer pressure.”

A Biopsychosocial Approach to Risk and Resilience on Behaviour in Children Followed from Birth to Age 12

Author: Agnafors, S., Svedin, C.G., Oreland, L. et al.

Recommended by: Natalia Solano Pinto

“In this paper contains information about resilience concept and quantitative research about a model to explication about relationship child temperament, social functioning, and maternal sense of coherence. This evolutive components would be an important factor in order to understand the mental health in children.”