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Humanistic Studies Program

Start date:

01.02.2023
Duration: 2 Years
Modality: Online

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The Humanities Studies Program offers a training environment that allows participants to connect thought, teaching, and life. There are no islands in the world of culture, especially in this era where everything is communicated instantly. Therefore, the Program aims to create an interdisciplinary space enriched by each participant's specific training and teaching experience.

This program is proposed as a Continuing Education Career for teachers of the Universidad AustralIts curriculum design, which is developed along three axes, seeks both to strengthen and harmonize the scientific, pedagogical and humanistic training of the professors of our university, as well as to promote interdisciplinary studies.

Although the Humanities Studies Program constitutes a unitary project, it is designed with sufficient flexibility so that each professor can delve especially into the topics that have a greater impact on their own field of teaching and research.

Program Director:
Dr. Claudia Vanney (cvanney@austral.edu.ar)

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The Humanities Studies Program (HSP) offers a training environment that

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Teaching, academic life, and academic pursuits are interconnected. There are no islands in the world of culture, especially in this era where everything is communicated instantly. Therefore, the Program aims to create an interdisciplinary space enriched by the specific training of each participant and their own teaching experience.

It is aimed at generating an interdisciplinary space enriched by the specific training of each individual and their own teaching experience.

It is proposed as Continuing Education Program for Teachers of the Universidad AustralIts curriculum design, which is developed along three axes, seeks both to strengthen and harmonize the scientific, pedagogical and humanistic training of the professors of our university, as well as to promote interdisciplinary studies.

To get the Diploma of Humanistic Studies Requirements: completion of the five required courses in the PEH program and accumulating twenty-eight credits in elective courses. At least ten of these credits must correspond to the philosophical axis and another ten to the didactic-pedagogical axis. Elective courses will have a variable duration, awarding one credit for every ten hours of class time. Each year, several courses in the curriculum will be offered in either a face-to-face or online format.

Compulsory subjects

  1. University identity and mission. The mission of the university. Christian identity in teaching, research, and administration. The identity and role of the university professor. The intellectual leadership of the university: reflecting on the major themes of each era. Personalized education. Institutional culture, Christian identity, and ideals. The reputation of the university: to be or to seem? Identity and plurality in the university: the challenges of contemporary culture to Christian consciousness.
  2. Contemporary anthropological debates. Human embodiment. Neuroscience and anthropology. Human, animal, and artificial intelligence. Personal identity. Vulnerability of human nature: death and suffering. Human nature and culture. Person and law. What does it mean to be free?
  3. Contemporary ethical debates. Contemporary moral currents. Speculative reason and practical reason: desire and action. Natural law, law of practical reason. Political ethics. Conscientious objection. Ethics of economic systems. Ethical challenges of anthropotechnics. Ethical dilemmas in communication.
  4. Knowledge and truth. Intellectual development in the contemporary context. Theories of truth. Personal perspectives on the pursuit of truth. Pluralism and relativism. Scientific realism. Personal knowledge. Challenges of interdisciplinarity. Intellectual virtues.
  5. Religion and society. Religion as a universal phenomenon. Do all religions have the same value? Religious freedom. Relations between science and religion. Religious communication. Faith, belief, and rationality. The problem of evil. Natural knowledge of God.

Optional seminars on the philosophical and theological axis

The philosophical and theological seminars aim to deepen the specific disciplines cultivated at the university, in order to achieve a close relationship between philosophy, theology, and the sciences.

experimental and social sciences. These seminars seek to create at the UA an environment for study and discussion that can also be the seed of interdisciplinary research between the sciences, philosophy and theology.

The program offers a variety of seminars each year with the aim of providing all teachers with the opportunity

The opportunity to delve deeper into the philosophical foundations of their own teaching and research topics. The seminar content typically varies each year. This allows not only for enriching the training program but also for addressing the specific needs or requirements of different faculties or groups of professors. The optional seminars in the philosophical and theological track

ICOs must always be registered within one of the following nineteen thematic areas:

  • Philosophical bases of current thought
  • Questions of the history of philosophy
  • Foundations of philosophical anthropology
  • Questions of anthropology
  • Ethical issues
  • Bioethics
  • Philosophy of knowledge
  • Questions of epistemology
  • Philosophy and natural sciences
  • Philosophy and cognitive sciences
  • Philosophy and social sciences
  • Philosophy of religion
  • Fundamentals of Theology
  • Questions of theology
  • Holy Scriptures
  • The Catholic Church
  • Church history
  • Questions of social doctrine

Optional seminars on the didactic-pedagogical axis

From the didactic-pedagogical perspective, the aim is for the teacher - as a mediator between the learner and knowledge - to illuminate their daily practice through the correct use of teaching strategies and techniques.

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The seminars within the philosophical and theological axis also vary in their offerings. The elective seminars within this axis of the program must always fall under one of the following eleven thematic areas:

  • Pedagogical theories and contemporary debates
  • Psychology of Learning
  • Didactics and curriculum design
  • Didactic issues
  • Personalized academic advising
  • New technologies applied to education
  • Art and transmission of culture
  • Education, family and society
  • Family issues
  • Education management
  • Educational policy and legislation

Optional seminars on the research methodology axis

Through the incorporation of curricular pathways related to research methodologies, the aim is to understand the methodological foundations of research work and provide tools that facilitate information retrieval and analysis, the writing of scientific articles, the formulation of research projects, and the communication of research results. The range of content offered in this area is also varied, and the seminars offered fall within the following eight thematic areas:

  • Research methodology in the humanities
  • Research methodology in engineering
  • Methodology of legal research
  • Research methodology in social sciences
  • Research methodology in biomedical sciences
  • Academic Writing
  • Research project management
  • Cross-disciplinary workshop for researchers
  • Research communication

  • University identity and mission
    The seminar consists of eight bi-weekly modules, each providing a lecture, bibliography, and activities on a specific theme related to the university's identity and mission. Each module will require a commitment of 2,5 hours every two weeks.
    Seminar format: virtual – asynchronous.
    Date: February/March. Starts Monday, February 6th, duration: 8 weeks
    Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar

    Program
    :
    1. Mission of the university. Professor: Maria Iraburu.
    2. Institutional Culture. Christian Identity and Ideology. Professor: Fernando Toller.
    3. Identity and project of the university professor. Professor: Ricardo Crespo.
    4. Christian identity in teaching, research, and management. Professor: Javier Sesé.
    5. University reputation: To be or to seem? Professor: Monica Herrero.
    6. Intellectual leadership of the university. Thinking about the great themes 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.
  • Contemporary ethical debates
    The seminar consists of eight weekly modules, each providing a lecture, bibliography, and activities on a specific topic related to contemporary ethical debates. Each module will require a commitment of 2,5 hours.
    Modality: virtual – asynchronous.
    Date: February/March. Starts Monday, February 6th, duration: 8 weeks
    Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar

    Program:
    1. Natural law, the law of practical reason. Professor: Soledad Paladino
    2. Ethical Challenges of Anthropotechnics. Professor: Mariano Asla
    3. Political Ethics. Professor: Alejandro Williams Becker
    4. Contemporary Moral Currents. Professor: Carlos Massini Correas
    5. Ethics of communication. Professor: Carlos Álvarez Teijeiro
    6. Business: A Force for Good? Professor: Héctor Rocha
    7. Bioethical Issues. Professor: Agustín Silberberg
    8. Conscience and Morality: Conscientious Objection. Professor: Fernando Toller
  • Knowledge and truth
    The seminar consists of eight weekly modules, each providing a lecture, bibliography, and activities on a specific topic related to knowledge and truth. Each module will require a commitment of 2,5 hours.
    Seminar format: virtual – asynchronous.
    Dates: April to November.
    Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar

    Program:

    1. Intellectual training at universityLuis Romera (University of the Holy Cross, Rome).
    2. Theories about truth, Miguel García Valdecasas (University of Navarra, Spain).
    3. Communicating the truthDamian Fernandez Pedemonte (Universidad Austral, Argentina).
    4. Intellectual virtues in Saint ThomasJuan José Sanguineti (Universidad Austral, Argentina).
    5. The epistemology of virtue, Ignacio Aguinalde (Universidad Austral, Argentina).
    6. Intellectual virtues for everyday lifeNathan King (Whitworth University, US).
    7. Teaching for intellectual virtuesJason Baehr (Loyola Marymount University, US).
    8. Intellectual virtues in researchClaudia Vanney (Universidad Austral).

Optional seminars on the philosophical and theological axis

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.

  • Issues of Epistemology: Intellectual virtues for interdisciplinary research
    Mode: virtual-synchronous
    Dates: March to November
    The seminar consists of 8 monthly meetings, requiring an estimated dedication of 16 hours in total.
    Credits: 1,5
    Registration: peh@austral.edu.arProgram and dates:
    1. The role of curiosity in successful collaborationLani Watson (University of Oxford, UK). Presentation and discussion via Zoom on Thursday, March 23, 14 p.m.
    2. The value of Open-mindedness and intellectual humility for interdisciplinary researchNancy Snow (University of Kansas, USA). Presentation and discussion via Zoom on Thursday, April 27th, 14 PM.
    3. Limitations-owning and the interpersonal dimensions of intellectual humilityJason Baehr (Loyola Marymount University, USA). Presentation and discussion via Zoom on Thursday, May 18th, 14 PM.
    4. From charitable interpretation to active credencePaul Harris (Harvard University, USA). Presentation and discussion via Zoom on Thursday, June 15th, 14 PM.
    5. Intellectual HonestyChristian Miller (Wake Forest University, USA). Presentation and discussion via Zoom on Thursday, August 24th, 14 PM.
    6. Intellectual creativity, the arts, and the universityNathan King (Whitworth University, USA). Presentation and discussion via Zoom on Thursday, September 28th, 14 PM.
    7. Empersonal research practices: Getting to know our interdisciplinary collaboratorsKatherine Sweet (University of Notre Dame, USA). Presentation and discussion via Zoom on Thursday, October 26th, at 14 PM.
    8. Interpersonal intellectual virtues, Ignacio Aguinalde (Universidad Austral(Argentina). Presentation and discussion via Zoom on Thursday, November 16th, 14 PM.
  • Issues of Epistemology: Teaching to think deeply
    Professor:
    Modality: virtual-asynchronous
    Dates: September and October
    The seminar consists of 5 modules, requiring an estimated dedication of 12 hours in total.
    Credits: 1
    Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar

Optional seminars on the didactic-pedagogical axis

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.

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

  • Didactics and curriculum design
    Teacher: Andrea Samper
    Modality: Virtual or In-Person (Cerrito)
    Dates and times: 5 meetings April-May (to be confirmed) – 20pm.
  • Assessment strategies
    Professor: Andrea Samper / Florencia Toscano
    Modality: Virtual or In-Person (Cerrito)
    Dates and times: 4 meetings March-April (to be confirmed) – 16pm.
  • Teacher Ethics
    Professor: Juan Assirio
    Modality: Virtual or In-Person (Cerrito)
    Dates and times: 4 meetings April-May (to be confirmed) – 16pm
  • Information and Communication Technologies in the Teaching and Learning Process (TICEA)
    Professor: Laura Ferrofino
    Modality: Virtual or In-Person (Cerrito)
    Dates and times: 4 meetings May-June (to be confirmed) – 16pm
  • Anthropology of Education
    Professor: Juan Assirio
    Modality: Virtual or In-Person (Cerrito)
    Dates and times: 4 meetings June-July (to be confirmed) – 16pm
  • Learning Disabilities
    Professor: Elena Karamanian
    Modality: Virtual or In-Person (Cerrito)
    Dates and times: 4 meetings August-September (to be confirmed) – 16pm
  • Pedagogical theories
    Professor: Juan Graciela Hernández and Adrián Guerra
    Modality: Virtual or In-Person (Cerrito)
    Dates and times: 4 meetings August-September 2023 (to be confirmed) – 16pm
  • Psychology of the adolescent and the adult
    Professor: Juan Francisco Gómez
    Modality: Virtual or In-Person (Cerrito)
    Dates and times: 4 meetings September-October (to be confirmed) – 16pm
  • Possibilities and challenges of personalizing higher education
    Professor: Juan Assirio
    Format: Virtual Asynchronous Plus (with tutoring and one Zoom meeting)
    Dates and times: February 2023 (4 weeks – 20 hours of total dedication)
  • ABC of meaningful planning (EEDU-INNEDU)
    Professor: Ramiro Seré
    Modality: virtual-asynchronous
    Date: to be confirmed. The seminar consists of 4 modules, requiring an estimated weekly commitment of 5 hours.
    Credits: 1,5
  • Training in new roles and functions (EEDU-INNEDU)
    Teacher: Alejandra Vatrano
    Modality: virtual-asynchronous
    Date: to be confirmed. The seminar consists of 4 modules, requiring an estimated weekly commitment of 5 hours.
    Credits: 1,5
  • Implementation of authentic assessment in face-to-face and virtual teaching contexts (EEDU-INNEDU)
    Professor: Ramiro Seré
    Modality: virtual-asynchronous
    Date: to be confirmed. The seminar consists of 4 modules, requiring an estimated weekly commitment of 5 hours.
    Credits: 1,5

Optional seminars on the methodological axis

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.

  • Qualitative research with Atlas-ti
    Modality: virtual-asynchronous
    Date: from 06/02
    Duration: 15 hours / 8 weeks

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