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Assumpta Aneas Álvarez, a member of the Institute for Educational Research (IRE), begins a stay at The Harry S. Truman Research Institute for The Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Professor Aneas, who has received the invitation to collaborate with the research center for peace Harrry Truman, is a member of the Department of Research and Diagnosis

Several members of DHiGeCs Group (Didactics of History, Geography and other Social Sciences) participate in the publication La evaluación de las «apps» en el patrimonio cultural, a book about applications, education and apps evaluation. This work is the result of a long collective work. Its coordinators, Joan Santacana Mestre, Mikel Asensio Brouard, Victoria López Benito and Tània Martínez Gil, have

The Research Group on Pedagogical and Social Thought (GREPPS) has published Giner i la Institución Libre de Enseñanza, des de Catalunya. Cent anys després de la mort de Francisco Giner de los Ríos (1839-1915), which includes the contributions to the homonymous title seminar, which took place in December 2015, with the support of the Department of Theory and History of

On June 26th, the International Forum of Education and Technology FIETxs 2018 is held at the Blanquerna Faculty of Psychology, Education and Sports Sciences of the Ramon Llull University with the theme “Education, ethics and digital citizenship”. The call for papers will remain open until April 23rd. The present edition will have four symposiums, a dialogue and a conference, as

Marta Gràcia, coordinator of the group CLOD and Principal Investigator of the project “Support systems for teacher decision-making (SSD) and the development of linguistic competence “(EDU201563616-P), and other team researchers presented a paper and two oral communications to the Vth International Congress Word in Education, held at the Abat Oliba CEU University (Barcelona) on 25 and 26 January. The congress

Research is a useful tool that guides the teaching staff, but does not determine what can work in the classroom, concludes Dylan Wiliam (professor emeritus of Educational Assessment at UCL Institute of Education). He explains how research can not provide recipes, but directions: “While educational research can never tell teachers, leaders and policymakers what to do — the situations they face are

The DHiGeCS Group (Didactics of History, Geography and other Social Sciences) has won a FECYT project (Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology) for the promotion of scientific, technological and innovation culture, in the 2017 call. “The science that is acquired in the kitchen” is an interdisciplinary project, in which the Faculty of Pharmacy and CETT-UB also participate (Campus of Tourism,

To advance in the research it is important to expand the dissemination of the projects that are developed, beyond the publication of scientific articles in specialized journals. It is increasingly necessary that researchers show and disseminate the results of their work. The traditional system of evaluation of research is in the process of changing towards other metrics such as the

The veracity of data and information is important when it comes to understanding and analyzing the environment that surrounds us. Fake news has become a serious problem. How to distinguish the veracity of content distributed over the internet? From Data & Society, in the Dead Reckoning Navigating Content Moderation After “Fake News” report, it aims to identify them and some

According to Rolf Tarrach, president of the European University Association, investment in research and education brings the highest European added value, while being the most effective long-term commitment. It is not only about investment, but also about efficiency: “Research and innovation are a European public good. Investing in them creates synergies, economies of scale and a very high return. We