Book Day 2020. An opportunity to promote an education in values and the development of critical thinking in our environments
Book Day 2020. An opportunity to promote an education in values and the development of critical thinking in our environments The Book Day is celebrated on the 23 of April, which is a worldwide commemoration with the aim, among others, of promoting reading. Coinciding with the health emergency situation and respective measures to contain the […]
International Mother Earth Day 2020. A day to raise awareness and act against the climate emergency and degradation of biodiversity
International Mother Earth Day 2020. A day to raise awareness and act against the climate emergency and degradation of biodiversity April 22 is Earth Day and to date our ecosystem has suffered massive forest fires, the highest records of high temperatures, the worst locust plague in the Horn of Africa, and the spread of COVID19, […]
La Vanguardia publishes an article about the latest issue of the International Journal on Education for Social Justice
La Vanguardia publishes an article about the latest issue of the International Journal on Education for Social Justice O jornal ‘La Vanguardia’ publicou ontem, 19 de abril, uma notícia sobre a edição especial da Revista Internacional de Educação para a Justiça Social da Cátedra UNESCO de Educação para a Justiça Social. Em seu site, o […]
The Chair makes available a compilation of teaching resources on topics related to Education and Social Justice
The Chair makes available a compilation of teaching resources on topics related to Education and Social Justice The UNESCO Chair on Education for Social Justice makes available to teachers, education professionals, families and anyone interested, a section on its website with an extensive collection of teaching resources on topics such as democratic education, environmental justice […]
“The serious challenge of school segregation in Colombia” by F. Javier Murillo in Ruta Maestra
“The serious challenge of school segregation in Colombia” by F. Javier Murillo in Ruta Maestra Colombia is one of the countries with the highest school segregation by socioeconomic level in Latin America. International studies carried out with both Primary Education (Murillo and Martínez-Garrido, 2017) and Secondary (Krüger, 2019; Murillo, Duk and Martínez-Garrido, 2018) schools place […]
F. Javier Murillo is interviewed by El Diario de la Educación about school segregation and confinement
F. Javier Murillo is interviewed by El Diario de la Educación about school segregation and confinement The Diario de la Educación has interviewed F. Javier Murillo, Director of the UNESCO Chair on Education for Social Justice, in its series “Reflections of the new era“. School segregation is one of the main burdens of the Spanish […]
The Autonomous University of Madrid publishes a blog about initiatives against COVID-19
The Autonomous University of Madrid publishes a blog about initiatives against COVID-19 The Autonomous University of Madrid has provided a space on its website where all the activities launched against COVID-19 by the university community are listed. Thanks to this blog you will be able to consult initiatives such as contributions from the university community […]
Call for Papers for the Special Issue 2020 vol 9(e) of the International Journal of Education for Social Justice on “Consequences of School Closures sue to Covid-19 on Educational Inequalities”
Call for Papers for the Special Issue 2020 vol 9(e) of the International Journal of Education for Social Justice on “Consequences of Schools Closures due to Covid-19 on Educational Inequalities” The International Journal of Education for Social Justice calls for the submission of articles for its extraordinary issue of 2020 on “Consequences of Schools Closures […]
UNESCO presents the Global Education Coalition
UNESCO presents the Global Education Coalition In the context of the global crisis caused by the outbreak of COVID-19, more than one billion students and young people around the world are affected by the schools and universities closures. Faced with this situation, UNESCO presents the Global Education Coalition that seeks to give children and young […]
World Health Day 2020. Another day to contribute in a context of crisis
World Health Day 2020. Another day to contribute in a context of crisis In 1948, the World Health Assembly proclaimed April 7 as World Health Day, the year in which the World Health Organization (WHO) was founded with the intention of raising awareness and coordinating efforts against deadly global diseases. This organization has developed various […]
The Chair’s website is available in several languages
The Chair’s website is available in several languages The UNESCO Chair on Education for Social Justice of the UAM aims to disseminate knowledge about its subject to both teaching staff and researchers through different canals such as the edition of the International Journal of Education for Social Justice, the organisation of the International Documentation Center […]