2021 Seminars

Identity and mission of the university in 21st-century Latin America

The seminar consists of eight monthly modules, each featuring a presentation, bibliography, and activities on a specific topic related to the university's identity and mission. Each module will be open for one month and requires a three-hour commitment per month.

Seminar modality: virtual-asynchronous.

Date: April to November.

Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar

 

Program:

  1. University Mission. Professor: Maria Iraburu.
  2. Institutional culture. Christian identity and ideology. Professor: Fernando Toller.
  3. Christian Identity in Teaching, Research, and Management. Professor: Javier Sesé.
  4. Identity and project of the university professor. Professor: Ricardo Crespo.
  5. University Reputation: To Be or to Seem? Professor: Monica Herrero.
  6. Intellectual leadership of the university. Reflecting on the major issues of each era. Professor: Juan José Sanguineti.
  7. Challenges of Interdisciplinarity. Professor: Claudia Vanney.
  8. Identity and Plurality in the University: Challenges of Contemporary Culture to Christian Consciousness. Professor: Mariano Fazio.

The core philosophical and theological seminars aim to deepen the specific disciplines cultivated at the university, fostering a close relationship between philosophy, theology, and the experimental and social sciences. These courses seek to create in the Universidad Austral a field of study and discussion that can be the seed of interdisciplinary research.

 

  • Ethical Issues. Ethics and Professional Conduct of Teachers.
    Professors: Juan Assirio and Alfredo Antoniazz
    Modality: online blended (synchronous and asynchronous)
    Headquarters: Buenos Aires (Aisiks online salon)
    Dates and times: Thursday, April 22; April 29; May 6; May 13.
    Subject program
    Credits: 1,5
    Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar
  • Questions of Anthropology. Anthropology of Education
    Professor: Juan Assirio.
    Modality: online blended (synchronous and asynchronous)
    Venue: Buenos Aires (Aisiks online salon).
    Dates: 08/10, 08/17, 08/24 and 08/31
    Credits: 1
    Subject program
    Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar
  • Keys to understanding the History of the Church
    Professor: María Amalia Pérez Bourbon
    Modality: virtual-asynchronous
    Date: Second semester, date to be confirmed. The seminar consists of four modules, requiring an estimated weekly commitment of four hours.
    Credits: 2

    Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar

  • Social Doctrine of the Church
    Professor: María Amalia Pérez Bourbon
    Modality: virtual-asynchronous
    Date: Second semester, date to be confirmed. The seminar consists of four modules, requiring an estimated weekly commitment of four hours.
    Credits: 2
    Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar
  • Revelation, Faith and Credibility
    Teacher: Ana María Sanguineti
    Modality: virtual
    Date: Second semester, date to be confirmed. The seminar consists of four modules, requiring an estimated weekly commitment of four hours.
    Credits: 2
    Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar
  • Philosophy of the person and cognitive sciences
    Professor: Juan Francisco Franck
    Modality: virtual-asynchronous
    Date: August 30 to October 15, requires an estimated weekly dedication of 4 hours.
    Credits: 3
    Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar
  • Evolution
    Professor: Miguel de Asúa
    Face-to-face modality
    Headquarters: Pilar
    Dates and times: December 6, 7, 9, and 10 – from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
    Credits: 1,5
    Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar (limited spaces)
  • Second-person perspective and intersubjectivity 
    Professor: Andrew Pinsent (University of Oxford)
    Modality: in person – The seminar will be in English.
    Headquarters: Pilar
    Dates and times: December 6, 7, 9, and 10 – from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
    Credits: 1,5
    Subject program
    Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar (limited spaces)
  • Philosophy of neuroscience
    Professor: Juan José Sanguineti
    Face-to-face modality
    Headquarters: Pilar
    Dates and times: December 6, 7, 9, and 10 – from 14:30 p.m. to 17:30 p.m.
    Credits: 1,5
    Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar (limited spaces)
  • Agency and theories of action  
    Professor: Georg Gasser (University of Innsbruck)
    Modality: in-person – The seminar will be in English.
    Headquarters: Pilar
    Dates and times: December 6, 7, 9, and 10 – from 14:30 a.m. to 17:30 p.m.
    Credits: 1,5
    Subject program
    Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar (limited spaces)
  • The seminars on the didactic-pedagogical axis seek to enable teachers, as mediators between the learner and knowledge, to illuminate their daily practice through the correct use of teaching strategies and techniques.

     

    • Methodological Strategies and Learning Assessment
      Professor: Florencia Toscano
      Modality: online blended (synchronous and asynchronous)
      Headquarters: Buenos Aires (Aisiks online salon)
      Dates and times: Thursday, March 4, 2021, March 11, 2021, March 18, 2021, March 25, 2021, and April 8, 2021, from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
      Credits: 2
      Subject program
      Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar
    • Argentine Educational Policy and Legislation
      Professors: Carlos Torrendell and Silvina Miceli
      Headquarters: Buenos Aires (Aisiks online salon)
      Dates and times: Thursday, June 24, 2021, July 1, 2021, July 8, 2021, and July 15, 2021, from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
      Credits: 1,5
      Subject program
      Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar
    • Approach to Learning Disabilities
      Teachers: Elena Karamanian, Luz Molina Pico and Cecilia Zen
      Modality: online blended (synchronous and asynchronous)
      Headquarters: Buenos Aires (Aisiks online salon)
      Dates and times: Thursday, March 5, 2021, March 12, 2021, March 19, 2021, March 26, 2021, and April 2, 2021, from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
      Credits: 2
      Subject program
      Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar
    • Positive psychology 
      Teacher: Belén Mesurado
      Modality: virtual
      Dates: 4 weeks in September. The seminar consists of four one-week modules. An estimated weekly commitment of four hours is required.
      Credits: 2
      Subject program
      Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar
    • Education, Family and Society
      Professor: Laura Contreras
      Modality: online blended (synchronous and asynchronous)
      Headquarters: Buenos Aires (Aisiks online salon)
      Dates and times: Thursday, June 9, 2021, July 16, 2021, July 23, 2021, and July 30, 2021, from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
      Credits: 1,5
      Subject program
      Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar
    • Information and Communication Technologies in the Teaching-Learning Process
      Teachers: Laura Ferrofino, Ariel Arévalo, Romina Furciniti and Cynthia Barroso
      Modality: online blended (synchronous and asynchronous)
      Headquarters: Buenos Aires (Aisiks online salon)
      Dates: 06/29, 07/06, 07/13, 07/20
      Credits: 1,5
      Subject program
      Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar
    • Theories Pedagogical and Contemporary Debates
      Professors: Graciela Hernández de Lamas and Adrián Guerra
      Modality: online blended (synchronous and asynchronous)
      Headquarters: Buenos Aires (Aisiks online salon)
      Dates: 04/13, 04/20, 04/27 and 05/04
      Credits: 1,5
      Subject program
      Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar
    • Didactics and Curriculum Design
      Teacher: Gabriela Mango
      Modality: online blended (synchronous and asynchronous)
      Headquarters: Buenos Aires (Aisiks online salon)
      Dates: 05/11, 05/18, 06/01 and 06/08
      Credits: 2
      Subject program
      Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar
    • ABCs for Meaningful Subject Planning – Extended Version (EEDU-INNEDU)
      Professors: Ramiro Seré and Marcela Verzero
      Modality: virtual-asynchronous. With tutoring, pedagogical assistance, and support teachers.
      Dates: Second semester. Start date to be confirmed. Duration: 4 weeks (20 hours of total dedication).
      Credits: 1,5
      Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar

Through the incorporation of curricular pathways related to research methodologies, the program seeks to understand the methodological foundations of research work and provide tools that facilitate the search and analysis of information, the writing of scientific articles, the formulation of research projects, and the communication of research results.

The proposal for the seminars in this area is currently being developed.