The Debates on Education are an initiative of the Jaume Bofill Foundation and the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, geared to the promotion of social debate on the future of education. [+]
Abstract
The debate on the public role of teaching is now a priority on the agendas of those forming part of the educational community. This was made clear in the working sessions of the seminar on "Teachers and the Catalan educational system" and the book presentation offered by Miquel Martinez during this debate.
The analysis is based on two basic suppositions or ideas: firstly, that it is possible to improve the quality of education by changing the conditions affecting teaching and, secondly and above all, that higher levels of well-being in teachers' work has to be generated. If this can be achieved, it will have a direct effect on improving quality.
On the basis of these suppositions, the professionals taking part in the seminar looked to work out what changes are needed in the Catalan education system and its teachers, offering their views and ideas on these changes.
Keywordsteachers, Catalonia, education, educational community
He is Professor of Education Theory at the University of Barcelona and member of the research group on education in moral development and values (GREM).
He has been Dean of the Faculty of Education and Vice Rector of the University of Barcelona. He is currently Head of its Institute of Education Sciences.
He participates as a consultant and assessor in a range of projects, agencies, institutions, educational administrations and universities in Spain and abroad.
He is a member of Barcelona's Civic Behaviour Board and collaborates on the OEI (Ibero-American States Organisation for Education, Science and Culture) "Education in values" programme. He is a founding member of Barcelona's Escola Projecte (Project School).
He is author and co-author of a number of books and articles, including: <i>Educación moral y democràcia</i> (together with Josep Puig) (1989); <i>El contrato moral del profesorado</i> (1998); <i>Un lugar llamado escuela en la sociedad de la información y la diversidad</i> (co-editor alongside Carlota Bujons) (2001); <i>La convivencia en los centros de secundaria. Estrategias para abordar el conflicto</i> (co-editor alongside Amelia Tey) (2003); <i>Qué significa educar en valores hoy</i> (co-editor alongside Guillermo Hoyos) (2004); <i>La formación en valores en sociedades democráticas</i> (co-editor alongside Guillermo Hoyos) (2006); <i>Propuestas para el cambio docente en la universidad</i> (co-editor alongside Salvador Carrasco) (2006), and <i>Formar ciudadanos europeos</i> (various authors) (2007).
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