Octaedro Publishers have just published the book “Retos educativos para el siglo XXI. Autonomía, responsabilidad, neurociencia y aprendizaje” (184 p., ISBN: 9788499216553), edited by Maria Rosa Buxarrais and Miquel Martínez.

This work deals with two key values in education: autonomy and responsibility. The book consists of a group of studies about the relationshibs between both concepts from different points of view: philosophy, family, school, spaces generated by ICTs and contributions of neuroscience on learning and education. This book is addressed to both, academics and teachers and also to parents. Educators and families must establish alliances in order to promote optimal levels of autonomy and responsibility in younger generations. Both editors are professors at the Faculty of Education of the University of Barcelona, members of the Research Group in Moral Education (GREM in Catalan) and they coordinated the International Conference on Theory of Education, where the papers in this book were presented.

Table of contents:

Presentación (Maria Rosa Buxarrais, Miquel Martínez).
1. Autonomía relacional (Nel Noddings).
2. Aprendizaje y ciudadanía en las pedagogías del siglo XXI: entre la autonomía y la responsabilidad (Marta Burguet , Xavier Laudo).
3. Autonomía, responsabilidad y familias: conexiones y complejidades (Ruth Thomas).
4. Familia: algunas claves para fomentar la responsabilidad y la autonomía (Ana Maria Novella, Montserrat Payá).
5. ¿Qué queda de la responsabilidad y la autonomía en la escuela contemporánea? (Gabriela Diker).
6. ¿Qué escuela, qué autonomía y qué responsabilidad? (Laura Rubio, Francisco Esteban).
7. Autonomía y responsabilidad en el contexto de la sociedad de la información y las tecnologías (Enric Prats, Mariona Graell).
8. Plasticidad cerebral y experiencia: fundamentos neurobiológicos de la educación (Margalida Coll Andreu).
9. Neurociencia, aprendizaje y educación (Joaquín García Carrasco).
10. Neurociencia y educación: trazos para un tejido común hacia la autonomía y la responsabilidad (Mónica Gijón, Amèlia Tey).

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UB Edicions has recently published the book “La conciliación familiar, laboral, social y personal: una cuestión ética” (136 pp.), ISBN 978-84-475-3879-9, edited by Maria Rosa Buxarrais and Marta Burguet. The book includes articles written by the following authors (by alphabetical order): Marta Burguet Arfelis, Maria Rosa Buxarrais Estrada, Fernanda Duprat, Alexandro Escudero Nahón, Francisco Esteban Bara, Amèlia Tey Teijón and Isabel Vilafranca Manguán.

Abstract

Work and family balance can be examined from different angles, be it Philosophy, Psychology, Politics or Sociology, but in all of them there is a common topic: shared time. This is a moment in history when everything takes places in a hurry, when time is a seen as a commodity and everyone’s dayly routine is organised around the work timetable. Therefore, it is neccesary to develop strategies and cultivate values to not only balance work and family, but also to favour personal growth. From this point of view, work and family balance would be in the field of Ethics and it becomes something that can be taught and learnt.

The articles collected in this book show that, besides the neccesary application of appropriate public policies, balancing work and family implies learning to manage shared spaces and individual times, as well as being aware that balancing the different aspects of our life is, basically, a matter of a values scale.

Book index

– Introducción.

– La familia como comunidad moral: consideraciones filosóficas para la educación en valores basándose en la conciliación, by Francisco Esteban Bara.

– La educación para la igualdad: un reto universal del siglo XXI, by Isabel Vilafranca Manguán.

– Romper tópicos en la conciliación familiar. Cuando la conciliación adquiere sentido, by Marta Burguet Arfelis.

– La conciliación familiar: una condición necesaria para educar en valores hoy, by Maria Rosa Buxarrais Estrada, Francisco Esteban Bara and Isabel Vilafranca Manguán.

– El vínculo educativo basado en la corresponsabilidad afectiva de la familia, by Amèlia Tey Teijón.

– Los Planes Estadísticos Nacionales: un espacio de conformación social, by Fernanda Duprat.

– Ocio en familia: una estrategia para promover el valor de la corresponsabilidad en la familia by Maria Rosa Buxarrais Estrada and Alexandro Escudero Nahón.

– A modo de conclusión.

El libro está disponible en la tienda online de Ediciones Universitat de Barcelona en este link.

The article “The state of ethical learning of students in the Spanish university system: considerations for the European higher education area”, written by Maria Rosa Buxarrais, Francisco Esteban and Teodor Mellen, has been published online in the journal Higher Education Research & Development (ISSN of online version: 1469-8366).

Abstract:

With the establishment of the European higher education area (EHEA), the ethical learning of students is a matter of central importance in European universities. This paper examines the current state of ethical learning of students in the Spanish university system. We present the results of a descriptive survey, which used a training model for university students and examined their ethical development in three categories: the construction of self, learning in fellowship and socio-moral reflection. The results of the survey reflect the current situation of ethical training among Spanish students and enable us to propose certain measures for consolidating and enhancing ethical development with the Spanish universities of the EHEA.

The article can be consulted in the website of Taylor & Francis Online in this link.