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The School of Education's 2023-2028 strategic plan prioritizes three ongoing lines of research: Educational Innovation, Educational Quality and Character EducationEach one with specific sub-lines and a focus on the four educational levels (initial, primary, secondary and higher), according to current or future projects.
Each line is led by a full-time researcher from the teaching staff.
The choice of these lines responds to their relevance to the institutional mission and their connection with key issues on the educational agenda.
In addition, they guide the allocation of scholarships, the design of projects, and participation in funding calls.
Below are details about each line, its references, sub-lines, projects and educational levels in which they have an impact.
Educational innovation
Contact: Dr. Santiago Bellomo
The concept of educational innovation Innovation is often mistakenly associated with the implementation of technology in classrooms. Technology can be an excuse for innovation, or a stimulus, but it does not guarantee innovation in itself. In some cases, it can even hinder it. This line of research on educational innovation analyzes the potential impact of incorporating new technologies in education, as well as the effective results observed in different areas of implementation. It aims to cover a wide range of related topics, from the philosophical analysis of the relationship between technology and innovation to issues linked to the professionalization of teaching, the transformation of pedagogy, innovation management, and the incorporation of new assessment tools.
Artificial Intelligence in the education system
- Ongoing project:
Personalized education in the context of the digital transformation of education.
- Members:
Santiago Bellomo, Karina Brahim, CIIPME, LIAA (UBA), IDB.
Innovation Management
ACT4SDGs Project (Act for Sustainable Development Goals). Professionalization of Academic Teaching to Infuse SDGs in Latin American Universities / Profesionalización de la didencia académica para infur los ODS en las universitarias latinoamericanas
Project supported by ERASMUS, in collaboration with 13 Latin American and European universities.
This initiative is designed to strengthen our educational practices, aligning them with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This project represents a significant step in building a more sustainable educational future, highlighting our commitment to quality education and our active contribution to addressing global challenges.
Directors: Dr. María José Murcia, (Center for Studies in Sustainability and Social Innovation – CESIS-Austral) and Dr. Santiago Bellomo (School of Education).
Coordinator and doctoral candidate at the School of Education: Mag. Delfina Martelletti, doctoral candidate at the School of Education.
Management and teaching leadership
1.
Project in Progress:
Leadership and grammar of schooling at the secondary level.
Members:
Pedro León Vivas.
2.
Project in Progress:
Comparative analysis of results of the Leadership and Educational Innovation Program developed by the Varkey Foundation.
Members:
Pedro León Vivas and Guillermo Lúquez.
Educational quality
Contact: Dr. Angela Corengia
Evaluation of teaching quality and learning outcomes
- Ongoing project:
Implementation and evaluation of the Learning Quality Assurance System.
Member: Dr. Angela Corengia. - Ongoing project:
The assessment of learning at the university level challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic: new challenges and changes in practices.
Member: Ana Kupervaser. - Ongoing project:
Impact of an Educational Transformation Program at the Secondary Level: A Comparative Study in the Province of Misiones (2020-2023).
Members: Verónica Poenitz and Cecilia Adrogué.
Indicators for the improvement of the education system
Evaluation of educational quality and existing problems.
1. School dropout at the secondary level. Common and different factors in the case of males and females.
This work is part of a line of research that aims to study the educational trajectories of young people in Argentina. It is an ongoing project that delves deeper into and analyzes separately the specific problems faced by women and men, following a previous study of their common characteristics entitled
See article:
Students at risk:
An analysis of the factors associated with high school dropout in Argentina since 2003.
Director: Dr. Cecilia Adrogué
Members: Eugenia Orlicki
2. Ongoing Project:
Indicator of inequality in educational trajectories in Argentina.
Related: Eugenia Orlicki, Cecilia Adrogué.
3. Project in Progress:
Indicator of inequality in educational trajectories in LATAM.
Related: Dr. Eugenia Orlicki, Dr. Cecilia Adrogué.
4. Ongoing project:
“Comparing the causes of dropout between Higher Education Institutions in Mexico, Chile, and Argentina using Explainable AI” (HUC (Hemispheric University Consortium) Semilla Fund Competition).
Member: Julio Durand, Tec Monterrey, PUC.
Organizational change management
Higher education policies in Latin America: expansion, diversification, institutional models and renewal of elites. Argentina and its paradoxes.
Director: Dr. Julio César Durand
Members: Dr. María Ligia Barboza; Dr. André Pirez
Change management in Argentine universities: the impact of the pandemic and post-pandemic period on university organization. Case studies.
The COVID-19 outbreak has changed the world in an unprecedented way. Although many higher education institutions worldwide were able to shift to online education quickly and did their best to ensure continuity of teaching, the digital divide and a lack of preparedness for virtual teaching have exacerbated educational disparities and created acute social unrest, especially among vulnerable students (UNESCO, 2022). The pandemic has highlighted the need for substantial changes in change management models at universities to ensure their capacity for response, recovery, and innovation. In this regard, this research will shed light on the complexities of change management in universities during the COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 eras, providing conceptual frameworks and concrete tools for quality, inclusive management that seeks to preserve and enhance the three missions of the university: producing knowledge, educating people, and being socially responsible.
It is biennial (2024-2025). It is part of the career path modality.
Director: Angela Corengia
Member: Silvina Miceli
Character education
Contact: Dr. Florencia Daura
The development of this line prioritizes evidence-based character education, seeking to establish an alliance between theory and practice, based on scientific rigor and the collection of objective data of a quantitative, qualitative or mixed nature in educational institutions.
From this starting point, the aim is to establish alliances with institutions and interdisciplinary work teams interested in the subject.
Character Education and its impact on educational projects.
Implementation of a mindfulness-based virtual program to promote flourishing, grit, and academic performance in university students
This research project is framed within the area of educational psychology with the general objective of studying the effect of a mindfulness-based virtual program on flourishing, grit, and academic performance in university students.
The approach to constructs is based on an emerging concern at the higher education level that refers to fostering in future professionals not only the acquisition of theoretical and technical disciplinary knowledge, but also the capacities, skills, and/or character strengths with which they can achieve greater flourishing and make positive contributions to society (The Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues & The Oxford Character Project, 2023). Therefore, its study aims to safeguard aspects that affect the personalization of the teaching and learning process, particularly as reflected in the ideals and pedagogical project of the Universidad Austral.
During the development of the project, a predominantly quantitative, pre-experimental approach will be adopted, with a pre-test and post-test design with a single group, organized in three stages (1. Application of questionnaires; 2. Development of pedagogical intervention; 3. Application of questionnaires) and in which undergraduate students from the programs taught by the Universidad Austral.
Director: Dr. Florencia Daura.
Members: Dr. Cecilia Barni, Mag. Fernando Giménez Zapiola; Dr. Marina Cuello; Specialist María Susana Urrutia; Mag. Florencia Nizzoli; Lic. Agustina Ortelli.
Character education and its impact on student well-being.
Flourishing, perceived emotional intelligence, and grit and their effect on academic performance and retention of university students.
This research project is framed within the area of Educational Psychology with the general objective of studying flourishing life, in its connection with perceived emotional intelligence and tenacity, in order to explore how they affect academic performance and continuity in studies of undergraduate students taught in face-to-face and virtual modalities by the institutions that make up the Higher Education Network (REES).
Director: Dr. Cecilia Adrogué.
Co-director: Dr. Florencia Daura;
Members: Dr. Cecilia Barni; Dr. Marina Cuello; Mag. Ignacio Favarell
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