Press: Book launch of “La conciliación familiar, laboral, social y personal: una cuestión ética”

From left to right, M. Burguet, M.R. Buxarrais and A. Mercadé

Last Tuesday, 27th of January, the book lauch of “La conciliación familiar, laboral, social y personal: una cuestión ética” was held at Documenta bookshop (144, Carrer Pau Claris), in Barcelona. The event was presented by Anna Mercadé, Director of the Observatory of Women, Enterprise and Economy of the Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona. Also, both editors of the book, María Rosa Buxarrais y Marta Burguet, lecturers of the University of Barcelona, were there to talk about the book and the topics it covers.

All the information about the event, as well as an interview with the two editors and co-authors of the book about conciliation, can be read at this link.

UB Edicions publishes new book edited by Maria Rosa Buxarrais and Marta Burguet

portadaLibro 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.

Interview at El Punt Avui Televisión

Maria Rosa Buxarrais, president of the Board of Management of the Telephone of Hope, is interviewed in the program “L’Illa de Robinson”, of El Punt Avui Televisión. Aired on 28th of November, 2014. Duration: 14’40.

New publication in Higher Education Research & Development

HERD 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.

Keynote at the 10th International Conference on Education in values at Hidalgo State (México)

Last 2nd of October, María Rosa Buxarrais gave a keynote at the 10th International Conference on Values Education at the State of Hidalgo (México). This year, the title of the conference was “Values for a Peaceful, Democratic and Harmonic Coexistence in Educational Centres”. The conference, that lasted until the 4th of October, had venues in the following municipalities: Pachuca, Tepeji del Río, Actopan, El Arenal, Huasca de Ocampo, Mineral del Monte and Omitlan de Juárez. Specialists in values education from Guatemala, Argentina, Chile, Spain, Costa Rica and Mexico took part in this event.

The title of Buxarrais’ paper was “Managing emtions and feelings in education in values education: the care approach”. The seminar dealt with how to manage feelings and emotions, taking into account that they have an influence on the construction of the scale of values of each person. Based on the distinction between emotion and reason and that between feelings and emotions, an objective for values education is proposed: an ethics of care. Thanks to this model, we can understand that the world is formed by a network of relationships between people where certain values have priority, such as care, responsibility, gratitude and autonomy.