What research is important today in human development, learning and education? JSED Editors’ reflections and research calls (¿Qué investigación es importante hoy día en desarrollo humano, aprendizaje y educación? Reflexiones y llamamientos de investigación de los Editores de JSED)

Abstract

In your opinion, what are some important research questions, problems or challenges that scholars in your field of specialization should address in the coming years? What types of studies should be conducted to move your field further? Please justify'. This prompt was posed by the incoming Editor of JSED to the new team of Deputy and Associate Editors in the journal's three thematic areas (human development, learning and education), who were invited to co-author this Editorial. We briefly describe the history of JSED, present the composition of its new Editorial Board, highlight modifications recently introduced in our aims and scope and inform readers about our vision, goals and strategies for the upcoming years. The next section presents the Editors' individual responses to the above-mentioned prompt, in the spirit of sharing perspectives with our scientific community. Finally, we identify common topics that emerged within the three thematic areas and encourage authors to send us high-quality manuscripts that fill the identified research gaps. JSED aims to foster a paradigm of 'glocalization' in development, learning and education research.

Shadow education: new areas of inquiry in teaching, learning and development (Educación en la sombra: nuevas áreas de estudio sobre enseñanza, aprendizaje y desarrollo)

“…We argue that it would be particularly fruitful to conduct more research on issues related to teaching and learning practices in the shadow education sector and their short-term and possible long-term effects on the development of students’ academic and non-academic outcomes, including creativity, self-regulation and critical thinking. Studies of this nature would respond to recent calls for future research in human development, learning and education by the JSED Editors (Bautista et al, 2023).…”

“…Sin embargo, la educación es un proceso que se desarrolla durante toda la vida en contextos formales, informales y no formales (Blossfeld & Roßbach, 2019). Los estudiantes están expuestos a un amplia gama de experiencias y contextos educativos que afectan intensamente su desarrollo y aprendizaje (Bautista et al, 2023). Por tanto, es importante prestar mayor atención académica a las experiencias que tienen lugar más allá del contexto familiar o escolar.…”

“…Proponemos que resultaría especialmente provechoso realizar investigaciones sobre prácticas de enseñanza y aprendizaje en el sector de la educación en la sombra y sus posibles efectos a largo plazo sobre el desarrollo de los resultados académicos y no académicos entre los que se incluyen por ejemplo la creatividad, la autorregulación y el pensamiento crítico. Este tipo de estudios responderían a las recientes convocatorias para futuras investigaciones sobre el desarrollo humano, el aprendizaje y la educación realizada por los editores de JSED (Bautista et al, 2023).…”

“…However, education is a lifelong process taking place in formal, informal and non-formal settings (Blossfeld & Roßbach, 2019). Learners are exposed to a wide range of educational experiences and contexts that strongly affect their development and learning (Bautista et al, 2023). It is, therefore, important to pay more scholarly attention to educational experiences that occur beyond the family and the school.…”