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Rodríguez Herrero PCorresponding AuthorSerrano Manzano BfAuthorDe La Herran Gascon AAuthor
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'Death livens you up': death education through the eyes of adolescents

Publicated to:Pedagogy, Culture & Society. 32 (5): 1535-1548 - 2024-01-01 32(5), DOI: 10.1080/14681366.2023.2230965

Authors: Herrero, Pablo Rodriguez; Manzano, Bianca Fiorella Serrano; de la Herran Gascon, Agustin

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International University of La Rioja - Author
Univ Autonoma Madrid, Dept Pedag, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Int La Rioja, Logrono, Spain - Author
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid - Author

Abstract

From a Pedagogy of Death perspective, this study focuses on education for a more conscious life that includes an awareness of death. The objective was to ascertain in depth the views of adolescents on teaching about death in their particular context. The methodology adopted was qualitative and phenomenological. Seven focus groups were organised with high-school students from 12 to 18 years of age from 7 different Spanish schools. Analysis of their views yielded valuable findings: death was interesting to them in the areas of gender violence, health, sustainability and suicide. Participants called for organised guidance from trained educators through which they would be able to discuss this taboo topic, have meaningful encounters with others, create humanising educational environments and raise their individual and collective awareness. The study found that the adolescents were interested in death and in death education; that the creativity and relevance of their observations could produce significant educational knowledge; and that training for educators and their good rapport with students were seen as key to the inclusion of death in a more developed curriculum and for counselling and guidance in situations of bereavement.

Keywords
didactics of deatheducationfocus grouppedagogy of deathspanishteachingAdolescentChildrenDidactics of deathEducationFocus groupPedagogy of deathSpanishTeaching

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Pedagogy, Culture & Society due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Cultural Studies. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 8.86, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions May 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-05-03, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 3
  • Scopus: 3
Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-05-03:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 21.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 21 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.35.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 2 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (RODRIGUEZ HERRERO, PABLO) and Last Author (HERRAN GASCON, AGUSTIN DE LA).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been RODRIGUEZ HERRERO, PABLO.