The ICE-UAB Summer School reinforces its commitment to teacher training grounded in educational practice
This year's edition of the UAB Institute of Educational Sciences' Summer School will take place during the month of July and will be divided into two complementary parts, both free and aimed at teachers from different non-university educational stages. All the specific information and link to register can be found on the UAB Summer School website, which also includes a list of the lecturers in charge of the courses.
The Summer School will include the conferences "Communicative teaching skills in the era of AI", which will be held on site on the mornings of 1, 2 and 3 July. These conferences have a very defined common thread: teaching communication in all its dimensions (oral, written, digital, non-verbal, etc.) in an educational context marked by social and technological changes and, especially, by the emergence of artificial intelligence.
The summer school combines an inaugural conference, practical workshops by areas, and spaces for shared reflection, all with the aim of offering concrete, transferable and useful tools for day-to-day life in the classroom, at school and in the relationship with students, families and teaching teams. The proposal emphasises what remains irreplaceable in education: the bond, the presence and the quality of human communication.
The Summer School also offers a wide range of courses, which will be held between 1 and 10 July, in various formats (classroom-based, blended and online) and with specific topics closely linked to the real needs of teachers.
The courses focus on areas such as mathematics, language, experimental sciences, the teaching of reading and writing, scientific competence, metacognition, project work, personalisation of learning, literary education, etc. All of them are based on a clearly practical perspective, with a direct transfer of knowledge that can be applied to the classroom, and the aim of improving teaching practices.
The design of the courses responds to the desire to respect the rhythms of teachers at a time in the year in which they can dedicate themselves to learning with less pressure than during the school year, while maintaining the paedagogical expectations, rigour and quality. The Summer School is conceived, once again, as a pleasant and meaningful way to end the year: a space in which to slow down, share experiences, update knowledge, and care for the teaching profession, taking advantage of a moment in which there are less activities and more time to observe things with a different perspective.
Two proposals, one same side
The UAB Institute of Educational Sciences and the Vice-Rectorate for Training and Teaching Innovation once again reaffirm their commitment to the continuous training of teachers in the Catalan education system as a key way to improve educational quality. This training is understood as a process closely linked to professional teaching development and, at the same time, as a privileged space for the transfer of knowledge that is generated both in research and in educational practice in Catalonia.
In this context, the ICE-UAB Summer School for teachers consolidates itself as a strategic proposal that allows to close the academic year with time, perspective and meaning. It is, as always, an initiative designed to accompany teachers, to encourage shared reflection, and to learn calmly at a time when there are no teaching obligations.
According to José Luís Muñoz, vice-rector for Teacher Training and Innovation at the UAB, the Summer School “responds to the University’s desire to offer teachers training and exchange spaces that contribute to their professional development throughout their teaching career”. Vice-Rector Muñoz points out that this year’s proposal aims to encourage in-depth reflection on teaching communication in an educational context increasingly conditioned by technological and social changes, and to reinforce the role of the educational bond, the pedagogical perspective, and the commitment to student learning when incorporating artificial intelligence into educational practices.