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Twenty Brazilian education professionals visit Mondragon University
Twenty Brazilian education professionals visit Mondragon University
Twenty Brazilian professionals working in the field of education spent two weeks at the Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences of Mondragon University as part of their university-level ‘Expert Certification in Cooperative Education’ offered by the Faculty through the Conexão Mundo Professores program.
This year is the fourth time the course has been offered through the Conexão Mundo Professores program. Twenty students in the university-level ‘Expert Certification in Cooperative Education’ course spent two weeks at the Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences of Mondragon University. The course is offered under an agreement with the Secretariat of Education of the State of Paraíba, Brazil.
In connection with the program, three technicians from Brazil’s Secretariat of Education of the State of Paraíba also visited Mondragon University’s Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences: Tatiany Leite Andrade, Dayanna Correya Lins Tavares and Inara de Amorim Rosas. The technicians came to observe and monitor the course: they observed classroom work, spent time with the students and gathered their opinions, participated in some of the course activities, etc. They also took advantage of their stay to become familiar with the Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences and meet with Faculty professors who participate in the Conexão Mundo Professores program. A second visit, also part of the program, will take place in May, and the technicians from Brazil’s Secretariat of Education of the State of Paraíba will also return.
A two-week stay in the Basque Country
Conexão Mundo is an online training program offered by the Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences, but in order to deepen the teaching-learning process, the participants have the option of spending two weeks in the Basque Country. During their visit, participants receive training, work on their end-of-certificate project, and gain interesting first-hand experience related to the knowledge areas of the course. They will complete the program with another visit in May.
Two expert certifications
The Conexão Mundo program is in its fourth year of existence. The following are the two courses we are offering this academic year:
- University-level Expert Certification in Pedagogical Education for Teachers of Vocational Training in the Environment, Sustainability and Energy. Participants in this course will also receive theoretical and practical training in the field of educational innovation, including specific didactics and methodologies that can be applied in Vocational Training in the areas of the environment, sustainability and energy. The Mondragon Higher Polytechnic School will contribute significantly to this training.
- University-level Expert Certification in Cooperative Education. In this program, participants will learn, reflect on and implement keys to cooperative learning, based on an analysis of specific cooperative experiences and promoting action research processes for their professional practice.
