Ahir es va publicar en línia a la revista The Journal of Moral Education l’article “Towards a post-democratic era? Moral education against new forms of authoritarianism“, escrit per la Dra. Maria Rosa Buxarrais (UB), el Dr. Vicent Gozálvez (UV) i el Dr. Cruz Pérez (UV).

Resum

“Educating in a convulsed political context demands a detailed analysis of the new circumstances of our times, especially the current democracy crisis. According to the latest reports issued by international evaluation organisations, one of the greatest challenges for democratic citizenship is the emergence and rise of authoritarianism within the framework of the so-called post-democracy, and also in the manifestations known as illiberal democracy. Moral and civic education has to respond to this challenge. With this in mind, we propose revitalising a participative and deliberative democracy model, rethinking the basic values in citizens’ education, redefining the relation between what is public and what is private, and empowering sensitivity and free creation in the new maker culture“.

L’article està disponible de forma gratuïta a la secció d’articles.

S’ha publicat el passat mes d’agost el llibre The International Handbook of Teacher Ethos, editat per Fritz Oser, Karin Heinrichs, Johannes Bauer i Terence Lovat a l’Editorial Springer. Entre els 27 capítols de l’manual figura “Teacher’s Ethos and Moral and Professional Identity“, escrit per la Dra. Buxarrais.

De la introducció de l’manual:

This volume is the first handbook that brings together cutting-edge international research on teacher ethos from a broad array of disciplines. The main focus will be on research that illustrates current conceptualizations of ethos and its importance for acting effectively and responsibly in and out of the classroom. Research will encompass updated empirical and philosophical work that points to the difference in learning when teaching is practised as a moral activity instead of a merely functional one. Authors are among the world’s foremost researchers whose work crosses over from moral education into psychology, neuroscience, sociology, philosophy, pedagogy, and curriculum, drawing on these various fields of research.

Resum de el capítol de la Dra Buxarrais: “Teacher’s Ethos and Moral and Professional Identity“

The professional identity of teachers and the moral dimensions of their work and authority are issues increasingly challenging in contemporary, global and diverse societies. This chapter addresses them, at first in theoretical terms, discussing the tension between the initial idealism of novice teachers versus the growing realism of experienced teachers, the tension between vocation and profession, and teacher’s ethos. Secondly, in empirical terms, based upon 19 face-to-face semi-structured interviews with experienced professionals, from public and private schools in Catalonia, pointed out by their peers as examples of good teachers. Their responses about the features that define a “good teacher” are analysed according to the attributed: (a) personal characteristics; (b) capacities; (c) ethical values; and (d) competences. Overall, their views underscore the importance of establishing positive and caring relations with pupils, fostering mutual trust among them, and educating them in values and morals, at least implicitly, by example. Also considered are variables such as the moral leadership of teachers in the classroom, their social and emotional skills, and their self- knowledge. Finally, the implications of the study are put in the context of the Model of Moral Personality Construction, which integrates key elements of other approaches to Character Education.

S’ha publicat recentment a la revista Teoría de la Educación. Revista Interuniversitaria l’article “La perspectiva feminista en la educación y sus debates actuales“, escrit per la professores Maria Rosa Buxarrais (Universitat de Barcelona) i Sofia Valdivielso Gómez (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria).

Resum
Estamos asistiendo a un debate social sobre el feminismo que está favoreciendo el resurgir de un pensamiento misógino muy antiguo. Las conquistas de las últimas décadas en relación con el avance de la igualdad entre los sexos se tergiversan y parece que el feminismo es responsable de desatar los instintos más bajos y el odio. Esto nos impide escuchar lo que realmente se está diciendo. Los pre-juicios nos lo impiden. El presente artículo profundiza en el desarrollo histórico del feminismo como teoría política y como praxis, examinando sus diferentes momentos desde la premodernidad hasta la posmodernidad. Se expone que el feminismo como teoría política y como movimiento social lleva ya más de tres siglos analizando la realidad y construyendo conocimiento imprescindible para entender las sociedades actuales y los debates que en ellas se están produciendo. En importante transmitir que el feminismo es un humanismo, que persigue la construcción de sociedades sustentadas en los valores de la igualdad, de la justicia y de la libertad. Para que esto sea posible es necesario incorporar la ética del cuidado en las aulas. Un cuidado que vaya de lo egocéntrico a lo mundicéntrico que nos incluya a todos y a todas y que trascienda lo humano para dar cabida también a la naturaleza y a todos los seres vivos. La educación que necesitamos debe dirigirse a la realización de valores universales básicos y a la construcción de sociedades más justas e inclusivas. Por ello es urgente darle más espacio y protagonismo en el sistema educativo y en el currículum.

L’article es pot descarregar de forma gratuïta a la secció d’articles del web.

El projecte Ciudades que cuidan, coordinat per la Fundació Mémora busca involucrar tota la societat perquè participi activament en els últims dies de vida d’una persona. Es tracta d’un model d’atenció integral per a cobrir les necessitats sanitàries, socials i comunitàries de la persona.

Maria Rosa Buxarrais, al costat de quatre professionals de diferents perfils acadèmics, ha escrit l’article “La educación como punto de partida“, que està disponible per a descàrrega de forma gratuïta a la biblioteca digital que el projecte Ciudades que cuidan ha reunit al seu lloc web.

Aquest mes s’ha publicat en Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry (eISSN: 1989-5488) l’article titulat “Ethical relationship in the dentist-patient interaction”, de Josep Maria Ustrell Torrent, Maria Rosa Buxarrais Estrada i Pere Riutord Sbert.

Resume
Background: In recent times the deontology of the dental profession has acquired special relevance as a result of problems that dentists have had to face to resolve ethical conflicts.

Material and Methods: Information on deontology in the dental profession has been compiled in publications of health sciences in general and specific codes for dentistry, while expressing opinions about the experience of the authors themselves who, from a humanistic and health overview are concentrated in the dental area.

Results: This article presents our point of view of how the dentist-patient relationship should be in the face of current demands from patients and society, with a focus on the crucial role of ethical issues not only in undergraduate studies but also in the consideration of ethical questions in the specialization and in the usual practice. The dental profession has a special trust in the community, and the best dentist-patient relationship should be based on that trust, honesty, providing high-quality and appropriate treatment, and keeping the patient safe and healthy.

Conclusions: The patient has the right to be fully and adequately informed, as well as to participate in decisions about treatment. The dentist has a duty to put the patient first and treat her with her wishes in mind as long as these expectations are within the limits of accepted treatment. The dentist must provide dental care without discrimination or prejudice.

Pot descarregar-se l’article de forma lliure i gratuïta en el nombre de la revista d’aquest mes. Enllaç directe a el pdf aquí.