Institut de Recerca en Educació

We are pleased to announce that Marina Garcés will participate in the 1st International Conference on Education Research “Education 2019: challenges, trends and commitments” IRED’19.   The conference will take place on November 4 and 5, 2019. If you want to learn about the challenges, trends and commitments for the future of education, you cannot miss!   Marina Garcés Associate

The Digital Education Review of the University of Barcelona opens a call papers with regard to the publication of a monograph on digital learning. Over the years, the development of information and communication technologies has created waves of excitement due to the expectations to offer “quick fix” to educational problems. At least since the creation of the teaching machine in

The University of Barcelona, through the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation, its technology transfer and innovation unit, has created the Innovation Boost Fund (F2I), an initiative aimed at boosting innovation and transfer activities from researchers at the University of Barcelona.  The call has two modes of support:  – Valuation Fund (FVal) provides support aimed at improving the opportunities for the exploitation

The DIDACTICAE journal for specific didactic research by the University of Barcelona is already in the European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences (ERIH PLUS). DIDACTICAE is an open access, peer-reviewed scientific journal designed as a space for dialogue and reflection on didactic research in pure and natural sciences, mathematics, language, literature, music, visual and plastic arts, technology,

On September 5th, the first ApS (service learning) and Environmental Community Service Symposium will take place at Cosmocaixa in Barcelona. It will be a meeting with all the agents: schools, local authorities and entities, to think about what experiences are being made and the criteria to promote projects. It is an excellent opportunity to reflect on the ApS applied to

Professor Joaquim Giménez Rodríguez (UB) has published, along with Yuly Vanegas (UB) and Ubiratan D’Ambrosio (USP) this article. Abstract: In this paper we present a characterization of mathematical practices, which we call democratic, taking into account the analysis of debates that have taken place in the development of a didactic unit of algebra with 12-13 years old students. We reflect

The European Commission has opened an online consultation to drive a co-design process and receive feedback and input as part of the implementation of Horizon Europe, the EU’s research and innovation programme (2021-2027). This will ensure that Horizon Europe is oriented towards what really matters, improving everyday life and helping turn big social challenges into opportunities and innovation solutions. The

Revista de Docencia Universitaria (REDU) has published a special issue, coordinated by Antonio Bartolomé (IRE.UB) and Maria Jesús Gallego (UGR), that analyzes the introduction of Technology in Higher Education during the last years.   Key words: Educational Technology; University; Digital competence   Reference: Bartolome, A., & Gallego-Arrufat, M. (2019). Tecnologías en la Universidad: logros y fracasos. REDU. Revista de Docencia Universitaria,

Carles Lindin, a junior researcher at the Institute of Research in Education, Universitat de Barcelona, has accepted to be part of the Editorial Board of Social Sciences & Humanities Open, an Elsevier publication. Thus, the IRE is present at the core of more than 40 relevant journals in the Education field. https://www.journals.elsevier.com/social-sciences-and-humanities-open/editorial-board      

The University of Barcelona, the Trinity College Dublin, the University of Utrecht, the University of Montpellier and the Loránd Eötvös University of Budapest create the Charm-EU alliance, a new European university project based on interdisciplinarity and students’ challenge achievement. One of the axes of this network will be the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The rector of the UB,