Second annual conference on ‘Basque and interculturality in educational communities’ on the Eskoriatza campus
Second annual conference on ‘Basque and interculturality in educational communities’ on the Eskoriatza campus
Second annual conference on ‘Basque and interculturality in educational communities’ on the Eskoriatza campus
The conference, which will be held on December 1, will address the contributions made by the experiences that have taken place in the last two academic years in the educational communities of different UEMA municipalities.
On December 1, the Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences of Mondragon University will hold the second annual conference on Basque and interculturality in educational communities. Good practices and new contributions. At the conference, which will take place on the Eskoriatza campus, participants will share their experiences from the last two years in the educational communities of different municipalities that belong to the Commonwealth of Basque-Speaking Municipalities (Udalerri Euskaldunen Mankomunitatea, UEMA).
The conference will take place in Room D.0.3 of the Dorleta building on the Eskoriatza campus. The event will be held in Basque, but will also be offered in Spanish via Telegram. The event on December 1 will be open to the public, but interested parties must register in advance.
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At the event, participants will share the journey and the actions that are being promoted by this project in several Basque municipalities that belong to UEMA, with the aim of continuing to live in Basque, guaranteeing the access to information and participation of immigrant parents who do not know Basque, and expanding the relationship and intercultural vision both in schools and in the towns. Building a bridge between the Basque language and interculturality is a significant challenge today for Basque municipalities and their schools. But not only for them; the reflections and experiences that will be heard throughout the conference can also be useful for other towns and schools.
Thus, among other experiences, the participants will share, for example, the format and dynamics of their schools’ start-of-year meetings, how they have changed and what influence these changes have had; and what point of view the parents have and what role they play in the different activities that are organized in schools to combine the Basque language and interculturality.
During the conference, some of the good and new practices carried out in the last two years will be presented, for which the leaders who are promoting these processes and participating in them will take the floor.
This academic year, the initiative has been extended to thirteen other locations. To respond to this expansion, collaboration between the educational communities of the municipalities, municipal agents, UEMA, and the Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences of Mondragon University continues to be of great importance.
PROGRAM
9:00 a.m. Welcome.
9:15 a.m. Presentation.
Speaker: Nagore Ipiña Larrañaga (Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences).
9:30 a.m. Basque and interculturality. Best practices.
Speaker: Karmele Pérez Lizarralde (Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences, Mondragon University). Karmele Pérez Lizarralde will report on the project and share some of the good practices derived from the promoted changes.
10:15 a.m. Changes to start-of-year meetings.
Speakers: Eider Amundarain Goikoetxea (Director of the Lardizabal School in Zaldibia) and Amelia Barquín López (Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences, Mondragon University). The speakers will explain how the format has changed, what the implemented dynamics are like, and the impact achieved in start-of-year meetings.
11:00 a.m. Presentation of the project: 18 new municipalities.
Speaker: Maialen Zuazo Aurrekoetxea (UEMA). The project has been extended and at present, Zaldibia’s experience has grown to 18 municipalities.
11:30 a.m. Break.
12:00 noon Influencing municipalities.
Speaker: Nora Palmitano Rossi (Basque technician at Zestoa). Nora Palmitano Rossi will explain the activities organized in the town to promote the Basque language (including among children) and to keep other languages in mind, as well as to promote intercultural relationships in the town.
12:30 p.m. Parent involvement
Speakers: Zineb El ghaouti El gharrad (Lardizabal School, Zaldibia), Josu Egiguren Urrosolo (Zaldupe School, Ondarroa), Amaia Mendizabal Elias (Ikasberri School, Azpeitia). The speakers will present the perspective of parents so that the audience can better understand their role, how they experience the process, and what they emphasize about what they are doing in their schools.
1:15 p.m. Discussion. Questions and contributions.
1:45 p.m. Next steps and closing remarks.
This second annual meeting gives continuity to the conference on Basque and interculturality in the educational communities of Basque-speaking municipalities, which was held on December 2 last year. The conference addressed the challenges of reconciling the use of Basque and interculturality in the educational communities of Basque municipalities belonging to UEMA. The conference enjoys the support of the Department of Equality, Justice and Social Policies of the Basque Government.