The main objective of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of two learning methodologies in a Plant Tissue Culture course of a Biotechnology degree—lecture-based and hybrid project-based learning—in which a project assignment was included. The effectiveness of these two systems was compared based on the students’ knowledge acquisition and the perception of their satisfaction. In this study, we evaluated the scores obtained by students in a written exam and the results of a satisfaction survey. The assessment showed that students attained improved marks in the written exam after being taught using the hybrid method. The incorporation of the project assignment in the Plant Tissue Culture program also improved the general perception that the students had of the course. The project assignment allowed the students to achieve new learning outcomes directly related to experimental work and the scientific method. The teachers perceived the hybrid project-based learning method positively, as students not only improved their knowledge gain, but were also more involved in the course.

This article examines the construction of the choni (chavette) character through ironic and popular beauty tutorials created by Spanish vloggers and their connection with the economic recession in Spain. Our main objective is to discover the use of gender, cultural and class markers in this process and their relation to the dynamics of self-construction and self-differentiation existent on YouTube. In order to identify these characteristics, we are going to use a semiotic and Foucauldian discourse analysis based on the cultural approach to the chav phenomenon in the United Kingdom. The findings from our research illustrate how the figure of the choni is defined by the process of racialization and sexualization and by a lack of cultural competence.

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Resumen. Este artículo se centra en los premios Word Press Photo of the Year desde el año 1955 hasta el año 2015 como repertorio significativo para estudiar cómo el fotoperiodismo construye las diferencias de género respecto al sufrimiento humano. Para conseguir este objetivo, primero hablaremos de la importancia del premio en el contexto de la prensa internacional, definiendo los rasgos del fotoperiodismo en un mundo de imágenes globalizadas. Segundo, haremos una revisión de los trabajos más importantes realizados sobre estos premios, y, tercero, analizaremos de forma crítica la presencia de las mujeres en estas imágenes para determinar hasta qué punto el cuerpo de las mujeres sirve para representar la globalidad o la particularidad de los desastres y los traumas humanos. Palabras clave: Fotoperiodismo; Word Press Photo; Estudios de Género; Espectacularidad; Estudios Visuales[en] Sixty Years of Word Press Photo of the Year' Photo-journalism: a view from a gender perspective Abstract. This paper will focus on the Word Press Photo of the Year awards from 1955 to 2015 as a major repertoire to study how photojournalism builds gender differences in relation to human suffering. To achieve this objective, first, we will talk about the importance of the prize in the context of the international press, defining the features of photojournalism in a world of globalized images. Second, we will review the most important work on these awards and, third, we will critically analyze the presence of women in these images to determine the extent to which the body of women serves to represent the globality or particularity of disasters and traumas humans. Keywords: Photojournalism; Word Press Photo; Gender Studies; Spectacular; Visual Studies. Sumario. 1. Introducción. 2. Word Press Photo como objeto de estudio y presupuestos metodológicos. 3. El fotoperiodismo, la banalidad de las imágenes y la exigencia de verdad. 4. La representación pú-blica de las mujeres. 5. El análisis del repertorio. 5.1. Cuestiones generales sobre el corpus del análisis 5.2. "Nuestro sufrimiento" vs "el sufrimiento de "los/as otros/as". 5.3. Resultados del análisis con perspectiva de género. Conclusiones. Bibliografía citada.

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