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Press: Book launch of “La conciliación familiar, laboral, social y personal: una cuestión ética”

From left to right, M. Burguet, M.R. Buxarrais and A. Mercadé

Last Tuesday, 27th of January, the book lauch of “La conciliación familiar, laboral, social y personal: una cuestión ética” was held at Documenta bookshop (144, Carrer Pau Claris), in Barcelona. The event was presented by Anna Mercadé, Director of the Observatory of Women, Enterprise and Economy of the Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona. Also, both editors of the book, María Rosa Buxarrais y Marta Burguet, lecturers of the University of Barcelona, were there to talk about the book and the topics it covers.

All the information about the event, as well as an interview with the two editors and co-authors of the book about conciliation, can be read at this link.

UB Edicions publishes new book edited by Maria Rosa Buxarrais and Marta Burguet

portadaLibro UB Edicions has recently published the book “La conciliación familiar, laboral, social y personal: una cuestión ética” (136 pp.), ISBN 978-84-475-3879-9, edited by Maria Rosa Buxarrais and Marta Burguet. The book includes articles written by the following authors (by alphabetical order): Marta Burguet Arfelis, Maria Rosa Buxarrais Estrada, Fernanda Duprat, Alexandro Escudero Nahón, Francisco Esteban Bara, Amèlia Tey Teijón and Isabel Vilafranca Manguán.

Abstract

Work and family balance can be examined from different angles, be it Philosophy, Psychology, Politics or Sociology, but in all of them there is a common topic: shared time. This is a moment in history when everything takes places in a hurry, when time is a seen as a commodity and everyone’s dayly routine is organised around the work timetable. Therefore, it is neccesary to develop strategies and cultivate values to not only balance work and family, but also to favour personal growth. From this point of view, work and family balance would be in the field of Ethics and it becomes something that can be taught and learnt.

The articles collected in this book show that, besides the neccesary application of appropriate public policies, balancing work and family implies learning to manage shared spaces and individual times, as well as being aware that balancing the different aspects of our life is, basically, a matter of a values scale.

Book index

– Introducción.

– La familia como comunidad moral: consideraciones filosóficas para la educación en valores basándose en la conciliación, by Francisco Esteban Bara.

– La educación para la igualdad: un reto universal del siglo XXI, by Isabel Vilafranca Manguán.

– Romper tópicos en la conciliación familiar. Cuando la conciliación adquiere sentido, by Marta Burguet Arfelis.

– La conciliación familiar: una condición necesaria para educar en valores hoy, by Maria Rosa Buxarrais Estrada, Francisco Esteban Bara and Isabel Vilafranca Manguán.

– El vínculo educativo basado en la corresponsabilidad afectiva de la familia, by Amèlia Tey Teijón.

– Los Planes Estadísticos Nacionales: un espacio de conformación social, by Fernanda Duprat.

– Ocio en familia: una estrategia para promover el valor de la corresponsabilidad en la familia by Maria Rosa Buxarrais Estrada and Alexandro Escudero Nahón.

– A modo de conclusión.

El libro está disponible en la tienda online de Ediciones Universitat de Barcelona en este link.

New publication in Higher Education Research & Development

HERD The article “The state of ethical learning of students in the Spanish university system: considerations for the European higher education area”, written by Maria Rosa Buxarrais, Francisco Esteban and Teodor Mellen, has been published online in the journal Higher Education Research & Development (ISSN of online version: 1469-8366).

Abstract:

With the establishment of the European higher education area (EHEA), the ethical learning of students is a matter of central importance in European universities. This paper examines the current state of ethical learning of students in the Spanish university system. We present the results of a descriptive survey, which used a training model for university students and examined their ethical development in three categories: the construction of self, learning in fellowship and socio-moral reflection. The results of the survey reflect the current situation of ethical training among Spanish students and enable us to propose certain measures for consolidating and enhancing ethical development with the Spanish universities of the EHEA.

The article can be consulted in the website of Taylor & Francis Online in this link.

New Publication in Universities and Knowledge Society Journal

Logo RUSC The article University Lecturers’ Conceptions of Ethics and Citizenship Education in the European Higher Education Area: a Case Study, written by Francisco Esteban, Teodor Mellen and Maria Rosa Buxarrais has been published this month in the Universities and Knowledge Society Journal (ISSN 1698-580X).

Abstract
Ethics and Citizenship education has become the focus of considerable debate since the launch of the European Higher Education Area. That this is the case is interesting, as it is a type of education that forms part of the educational mission of universities, as its history plainly demonstrates. Ethics and Citizenship education cannot be analysed solely in terms of its pedagogical requirements, the skills and competencies that it seeks to develop, or the type of students and professionals that the world needs today. Its success also requires that we explore what university lecturers understand by this type of education, the context it currently finds itself in, and how students perceive such an education. This paper presents a case study conducted on university lecturers in Education, Philosophy and Humanities at several European institutions.

The article can be freely downloaded in the article section of the website.

New publication in Wulfenia Journal

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Last February, the article “Telling Stories about the Value of Co-responsibility: An educational strategy to train Spanish families in the values of the work-life balance“, by Maria Rosa Buxarrais (UB) y Alexandro Escudero (UB), has been published in Wulfenia Journal (ISSN 1561 – 882X).

Abstract:
The entry of women into the workplace has not resulted in a just reallocation of the family’s household chores. This situation has had two adverse effects: first, mothers experience difficulties in achieving a good work-family life balance; and, second, unwelcome changes occur in the children’s health, their performance at school, and in their ability to make constructive use of their leisure time. An educational proposal has been drawn up, designed to foster values for achieving a better work-life balance and adhering to the principles of: 1) placing the teaching of the values of co-responsibility at the heart of the family project; 2) taking appropriate action in the early years of the children’s lives; 3) telling true or fictitious stories about the values of co-responsibility; and 4) engaging the children in dialogue so they might reflect on these values through informal, spontaneous activities of recreation. Our research, conducted using grounded theory, identifies the strategies that families in Barcelona (Spain) adopt on a day-to-day basis to achieve a good work-life balance. Our results show that families have various practical concerns, but one overriding worry: they all express the hope that their children will grow up to be happy, decent people; yet they do not implement any systematic actions to achieve this objective.

The article can be downloaded from here.