5th edition – Maó, September, 21-22 2009

Teachers face a new challenge with the introduction of the European Higher Education Area. The new system places the student at the center of the teaching process, emphasizing self-directed learning where the student is the protagonist and not merely a passive recipient of knowledge. In this sense, the new teaching methods require active student participation,…

2009

Aula El País: Women in science (2nd)

In her position as Secretary of State for Universities and Research in Felipe González’s first government, Carmina Virgili found but one obstacle for the fact of being a woman in a traditionally male-dominated environment: on more than one occasion, La Moncloa’s doorkeepers would block her way on the grounds that only high-ranking positions were allowed in. She…

2009