On the 20th of March, Dr. Maria Rosa Buxarrais was part of the examination panel for Dr. Ruth Vilà Baños’ professor position, which took place at the University of Barcelona. The other members of the panel were Dr. Gemma Filella (University of Lleida), Dr. Nuria Fuentes (University of Barcelona), Dr. José Gutiérrez (University of Granada) and Dr. Joaquin Reverter (University of Lleida).

From left to right: José Gutierrez (Univ. Granada), Maria Rosa Buxarrais (UB), Nuria Fuentes (UB), Ruth Vilà Baños (UB), Gemma Filella (UdL) and Joaquín Reverter (UdL)

On the 20th of February, Dr. Buxarrais, as Director of the Institute for Professional Development (IDP) at the University of Barcelona, ​​met with the directors of the institutes of education sciences at Catalan universities to discuss the topic of in-service teacher training, along with Esther Niubó Cidoncha, Regional Minister of Education and Vocational Training, and Mercè Andreu i Rosés, Director General of Innovation, Digitalization and Curriculum of the Government of Catalonia.

From left to right: Xavier Cervera (ICE-Univ Lleida), Jaume Ametller (ICE-Univ Girona), Maria Rosa Buxarrais (IDP-UB), Ester Niubó (Regional Minister of Education and Vocational Training), Antoni Portell (CIFE- UVic), Antoni Pérez-Portabella (ICE-URV), Mercé Andreu (Director General de Innovación, Digitalización y Currículum), Mar Carrió (ICE-UPC) and Anna Ortiz (Deputy Director ICE-UAB).

Dr. Maria Rosa Buxarrais attended on the 30th of November in Urgell (Lleida) the 2nd International Conference of the Catalan Pedagogical Society (SCP) – Institute of Catalan Studies (IEC), entitled “Trends for Success, Emerging Realities and New Expectations in Education”

Dr. Buxarrais participated in a round table entitled “Relational culture at school for educational excellency”, moderated by Elena Ferreiro, together with Arnoldo Cisternas (psychologist and director of the Relational Institute of Chile) and Dr Miriam Subirana (founder of IDEIA Institute – Dialogues and Appreciative Inquiry, in Barcelona).

From left to right: A. Cisternas, M. R. Buxarrais, E. Ferreiro and M. Subirana

The round table can be watched in the following video (1h 18′, mostly in Catalan)

On the 11th of October, Dr. Maria Rosa Buxarrais was part of the examination panel for Alba Madinabeitia Ezkurra’s assistant lecturer position, which took place at the University of the Basque Country. The other members of the panel were Dr. Karmele Artetxe (University of the Basque Country), Dr. Teresa Rabazas (Complutense University of Madrid), Dr. Christian Roith (University of Almería) and Dr. Luis María Naya (University of the Basque Country).

From left to right: Karmele Artetxe (UPV/EHU), Teresa Rabazas (UCM), Alba Medinabeitia (UPV/EHU), Maria Rosa Buxarrais (UB) and Luis María Naya (UPV/EHU).

On the 24 of July, Dr. Maria Rosa Buxarrais presided over the examination panel of the PhD thesis defended by Francisco Javier Malagón Terrón, entitled “La formación continua del profesorado universitario en España”, directed by Dr. Mariona Graell. The event took place at the International University of Catalunya in Sant Cugat del Vallés. The other two members of the examination panel were Dr. Mónica Herrero (University of Oviedo) and Dr. María Ángeles Espinosa (Autonomous University of Madrid).

From left to right, Dr. Mariona Grael (UIC), Dr. Mª Ángeles Espinosa (UAM), Dr. Mª Rosa Buxarrais (UB), now also Dr. Javier Malagón and Dr. Mónica Herrero (Univ. of Oviedo)