Empowerment: model i instrument de mesura basat en les variables primàries o efectives PIEQ (Primary Items Empowerment Questionnaire)

In this thesis a review of the state of the art on empowerment is found. A proposal is put forward for a model of the effective variables of empowerment, a new theoretical model that provides a distinct classification of individual variables. The model consists of four metavariables called reciprocal, unidirectional, shared and reflexive. Finally, a measurement tool for measuring and representing these variables graphically is described, including its process of elaboration through a preliminary pilot study that served to refine and improve the questionnaire. Both the model and the instrument proposed aim to determine the state of the primary variables involved in determining the predisposition and potential of a working group towards empowerment. With the measurement tool both organisational, departmental, working group and/or individual data can be obtained. This instrument can help companies and organisations to discover the limitations existing within a working group and act in consequence.

El Papel del profesor como agente de mediación cognitiva. Aplicación práctica de la investigación-acción y de la reflexión, en el aula de francés como lengua extranjera

Un profesor de Lengua extranjera actúa como mediador cuando es capaz de motivar y fomentar la autoestima positiva de los alumnos, ofreciéndoles datos de su progreso o resolviendo los errores que puedan presentarse, a fin de realizar las tareas comunicativas con éxito. Ello implica, necesariamente, la adecuación a las diferencias individuales y a los estilos cognitivos de cada sujeto2, potenciándose, de este modo, las respuestas creativas y divergentes