Introduction
Part I. Assertiveness as an educable skill for citizenship and professional betterment
1. Assertiveness in Education: A core skill for raising social awareness, communicating effectively, and succeeding in the workplace
2. Assertiveness, citizenship, and subjective well-being in higher education students
3. Assertiveness and empathy as educable social skills for human development: A challenge for education in the 21st Century
4. Long live the people, the people who are alive!
PART II. Assertiveness in University Students
5. Diagnosis of Assertiveness for first-year university Students at an education college
6. Development of Assertive Thinking in Analytic Geometry Students at the Faculty of Engineering of the UAEMex: A Case Stud
7. Assertiveness in Higher Education: A Proposal from the Faculty of Philosophy of the Autonomous University of Queretaro
8. Assertiveness in university students: Exploration and educational proposal
PART III. Assertiveness as a core competence in the teaching profession
9. Teachers' assertive communication for the inclusive environment's generation
10. The Reading Circuit as a Transcultural Foundation for Assertiveness in the Classroom
11. Assertiveness: elemental competence in initial teacher training
12. Assertiveness in the University Professor Teaching. Results of the Pilot Test
13. Assertive Relationship Between Teacher and Student, Starting Point to Build Healthy Interpersonal Relationships
14. Reflections on the importance of assertiveness in the educational and pedagogical field and future perspectives.