On the 6th of March, Dr. Buxarrais was part of the examination panel evaluating Dr. Pilar Pineda Herrero for the position of professor at the Faculty of Education at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. The other members of the examination panel were Dr. José Tejada and Dr. Xavier Úcar (both from the Autonomous University of Barcelona).
From left to right: Dr. Jose Tejada (UAB), Dr. Maria Rosa Buxarrais (UB), Dr. Pilar Pineda and Dr. Xavier Ucar.
The article “Towards a post-democratic era? Moral education against new forms of authoritarianism“, authored by Dr. Maria Rosa Buxarrais (Univ. of Barcelona), Dr. Vicent Gozálvez (Univ. of Valencia) and Dr. Cruz Pérez (Univ. of Valencia), was published online yesterday in The Journal of Moral Education.
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“Educating in a convulsed political context demands a detailed analysis of the new circumstances of our times, especially the current democracy crisis. According to the latest reports issued by international evaluation organisations, one of the greatest challenges for democratic citizenship is the emergence and rise of authoritarianism within the framework of the so-called post-democracy, and also in the manifestations known as illiberal democracy. Moral and civic education has to respond to this challenge. With this in mind, we propose revitalising a participative and deliberative democracy model, rethinking the basic values in citizens’ education, redefining the relation between what is public and what is private, and empowering sensitivity and free creation in the new maker culture“.
The article is available, free of charge, in the Articles Section.
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On the 29th and 30th of September, Dr. Buxarrais was part of the examination panel evaluating Dr. Piedad Sahuquillo for the position of tenured lecturer at the Faculty of Education at the University of Valencia. The other members of the examination panel were Dr. Bernardo Gargallo (University of Valencia), Dr. Cruz Pérez (University of Valencia), Dr. Clara Romero (University of Seville) and Dr. Susana Torío (University of Oviedo).
From left to right: Dr. Clara Romero (US), Dr. Cruz Pérez (UV), Dr. Maria Rosa Buxarrais (UB), Dr. Pilar Sahuquillo (UV), Dr. Bernardo Gargallo (UV) and Dr. Susana Torío (Uniovi).
Dr. Buxarrais published on the 26th of July an article (in Spanish)in The Conversation, which is a source of news and analisys written by the academic community for society in general. The article is entitled “¿Debemos enseñar a los niños a controlar sus emociones?” and can be read in its entirety and freely in this link.
This month of July (20th to 23rd) The 48th Association for Moral Education (AME) Conference, took place in Manchester with the theme “Moral Development & Moral Education in Global Transition”. The event was organised by the Assocation for Moral Education, the Journal for Moral Education y the Asia-Pacific Network for Moral Education. Dr. Buxarrais presented a paper and a poster in the conference (see below).
The paper, authored as well by her two research students, Eric Ortega and Laura Fontán was intitled “Ethics in Times of Pandemic: An exploratory study on the values, attitudes and civic habits of Catalan citizens towards the COVID-19 crisis“.
This is the abstract: “The coronavirus pandemic has had a wide impact on everybody’s life. From the Observatory of Civism and Values of Catalonia and the Moral Education Research Group GREM of the University of Barcelona, we carried out an exploratory study to find out the impact on moral values, attitudes, habits, and citizenship behavior during the pandemic in Catalonia (2020-2021). We collected data at two different times through two descriptive surveys, collecting individual perceptions and concerns about the virus. In the realm of people’s values and ideals, a reconfiguration of the hierarchy of values can be observed”.
Dr. Buxarrais with her research students, Eric Ortega and Laura Fontán
The poster Dr. Buxarrais presented (which can be freely downloaded here) was intitled “Evaluation of Ethical Competencies in Students of Behavioural, Biological and Health Sciences” and it was a common effort between Zaragoza Faculty of Higher Education of the Autonomous University of Mexico and the Faculty of Education of the University of Barcelona. The authors, Los autores, además de Maria Rosa Buxarrais, son Rubén A. Miranda, Mirna García, Alan A. Mercado, Miriam de la Torre y Héctor Raymundo.
Parcial image of the poster presented by Dr. Buxarrais
Furthermore, as the Chair for the Good Work Award Committtee, Dr. Buxarrais handed this year’s award to Geoff Thompson, five times heavyweight champion of the world in karate, for the work he carries out with his NGO Youth Charter promoting the role and value of sport, art, culture and digital technology in the lives of young people in underpriviledged communities, nationally and internationally.
Photos of the event
Dr. Buxarrais with Dr. Loret de Ruyter (Univ. of Utrecht), AME President
Dr. Buxarrais with Dr. Brian Gates (Univ. of Cumbria), local host of the conference
Dr. Buxarrais with Dr. Taylor (Univ. of London) and Dr. Conroy (Univ. of Glasgow)
Dr. Buxarrais with Dr. Phyllis Curtis-Tweed (Bermuda College)