The first seminar will take place on 16, 17 and 18 February as part of the University management training program for Haitian institutions. The Catalan Association of Public Universities (ACUP) and a...
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13/12/2011On December 1 took place in Brussels the second conference organized by the European Regional Innovation Drivers EU-platform. The EU-Drivers is a three-year project focused on lifelong learning...
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18/10/2011The new presidency of the ACUP was been elected on 18th of October by the General Assembly. The new board is formed by the rector of the URV, Francesc Xavier Grau, as president; the rector of the UAB, Anna Ripoll, as vice-president; the rector of...
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13/10/2011Last 6th and 7th of October the second seminar on co-ordination and harmonisation of university development cooperation programmes took place in Bergen, Norway. Organized by the Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education (SIU...
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Montserrat Anton
16/02/2012
Education Sciences Institute of the UAB director. Colaborates with the Children's University of Catalonia (UdN2.cat)
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ACUP: Why do you think it is important to promote an interest in science in elementary school children?MA: Children are curious, eager to learn. They like to be surprised with anything "important". The discovery of the world is a task that is delivered with passion but sometimes adults do not know exactly how to handle this curiosity. Children learn, for the pleasure of doing it, if they face is attractive and motivating. Learn to ask questions and find answers and looking for evidence contrasting opinions fosters an identity accustomed to take decisions with criteria.
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ACUP: What impact does the UdN2.cat has in the future of the children involved?MA: First, it may represent a new opportunity for collaboration between the university and other stages of the educational system. If the sessions are prepared jointly by faculty from both institutions, the results can have a success that exceeded the specific day of the activity. It can generate search and gather information prior to the activity, and can enrich the curriculum program that each school has developed by its own.
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ACUP: To what extent this program is enriching our universities?MA: It depends, but the mere fact of seeing children of 10 and 11 years at a campus can be a novelty for a group of older people. Activities are a challenge to adjust what professors say to an unusual public. Otherwise the UdN2.cat makes clear that the university is an active part of society. Showing the university to children, teachers and families "from within", with an attractive proposal, can be remembered as a landmark in mind when thinking about studying further.
