Last February the 4th, Universitat de València hosted the V Congrés d’Escola Valenciana, titled ‘L’Escola en valencià: un model de qualitat més enllà del plurilingüisme’ (the school in Valencian: a qualitiy model beyong multilingualism). The framework conference by Federico Mayor Zaragoza, who is the person in charge of the UNESCO’s Fundación Cultura de Paz, took place after the Universitat de València`s Principal, Esteban Morcillo, introduced it at 12:30.
The conference began at 10:00 and is running until 14:00. At 10:00, the opening ceremony is titled: L’Escola en valencià un model de qualitat més enllà del plurilingüisme. A round table was held after that (l’Escola que tenim i l’escola de qualitat que volem, the school we have and the one we would like to have), where representatives from the teaching area provided different points of view abount the current situation of public teaching in Valencian language. The following professionals participated in this round table: Conxa Delgado, teacher and member of the Federació de Moviments de Renovació Pedagògica del País Valencià; Empar Company, primary teacher, school’s principal and member in the Associació de Directors de Primària; Vicent Miralles, lecturer in the Universitat de València’s Facultat de Magisteri; Vicent Marzà, primary teacher; Lara Díaz, student in teacher training; and Enric Izquierdo, member of parent’s association AMPA l’Horta in the secondary school IES El Ravatxol-Castellar-l’Oliverar (Valencia).
Before the opening session, some pre-conference session have took place at different places in Valencia, which have allowed to shape the different work themes of the conference.
This 5th conference intends to establish the scientific bases as well as provide with numerous experiences the quality teaching model of Escola Valenciana, a model which has been growing for over 25 days. The goal is to establish an active and participative discussion forum where suggestions from all teaching community can have place. This conference follows, thus, the work the other four conferences have started, such as the creation of the document L’escola valenciana. Un model d'educació plurilingüe i intercultural per al sistema educatiu valencià (School in Valencian language. A multilingual and intercultural teaching model for the Valencian education system).
All the information related to this conference, including its discussion themes, can be consulted on www.escolavalenciana.org/congres.
Conference's presentation
This conference was recently presented, on January the 27th, at the Universitat de València. The Vice-principal for Studies and Language Policy, Isabel Vázquez, stressed on that occasion that ‘for the Universitat is a pleasure to support and collaborate with Escola Valenciana’s projects because it has conducted a hard work for a quality school in Valencian language over 25 years’. ‘Our university totally agrees with this idea.’ She has recalled that ‘we are the university with the highest teaching in Valencian language.’ The Universitat and Escola Valenciana have another point in common: the spread of Valencian culture and in Valencian language.
Last update: 6 de february de 2012 09:02.
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