Aguascalientes, Ags., November 17, 2024. The Universidad Panamericanacampus Aguascalientes successfully participated in the Scholas Chairs Congress 2024represented by Paola Barba Segoviadean of the School of Pedagogy and Psychologyand student Ana María Patiño Piñaof the Bachelor's Degree in Psychopedagogy.
This prestigious international event, held in Bucharest, Romania, brought together universities from all over the worldtogether with ministers of education from Israel, Brazil and Romania.. With the central theme of "bringing the periphery to the center", projectsprojects were presented that focused on listening and attending to the needs of different communities, generating transformative strategies in the educational field.
Educational innovation from Psychopedagogy
The participation of the Universidad Panamericana focused on the presentation of the Model of Integrating Projects developed at the School of Pedagogy and Psychologyexemplified by an innovative project led by Ana María Patiño and her colleagues Mariana Camou y Melissa Miranda.
This project addresses the Hospital Psychopedagogyexploring how it can be applied in diverse contexts and at various ages. The initiative included interviews with adult oncology patients to identify factors that strengthened their resilience and support networks. support networks. From this information, a story was created, illustrated by the patients themselves. illustrated by the patients themselves, designed withdesigned with adaptable didactic didactic elements adaptable according to the reader's age.
"Being able to share this project on an international level was very meaningful to me. It gave me ideas and motivation to improve both the project and the school's current model," said the student.said the student.
Bonaterra Community Project
Ms. Barba participated in a round table of experts in education. experts in educationwhere she presented the project Bonaterra Community project and shared ideas on how to build a more just and caring fairer and more caring society from the classroom.. This project aims to turn Bonaterra Community into a Scholaswhere, in summer, students from other universities can implement transformational transformative projects projects in the region.
"Our participation in the congress responds to a request from Pope Francis Pope Francis' request and allowed us to connect with other universities that share our commitment. In addition, we were able to position the Universidad Panamericana as a reference for international collaboration projects"said the dean.
About Scholas Chairs and its global impact
Scholas Chairs is an international network that connects 157 universities in 35 countries on five continents.. Its goal is to renew university institutions towards a model committed to the anthropological, social and environmental crises. anthropological, social and environmental crisesconsidering the education as the main agent of social change.
This initiative is part of Scholas Occurrentesa non-profit organization created by Pope Francis. Pope Francis in 2013, dedicated to transforming education and promoting social inclusion. social inclusion.
International commitment and projection
The participation of Paola Barba Segovia y Ana María Patiño in the Scholas Chairs Congress 2024Scholas Chairs Congress 2024 Universidad Panamericana to educational innovation and global collaboration. This experience not only reinforces the university's leadership in the academic arena, but also contributes to the the formation of students and professors with a transformative vision with a transformative vision committed to social change.
Learn how Universidad Panamericana strengthens its international commitment:
https://www.up.edu.mx/tema/noticias/internacionalizacion/
