About the Symposium
This is a hybrid closed working symposium hosted by the Civic Culture and Educational Policies Research Team from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in partnership with the Theory and History of Education International Research Group (THEIRG), based in the Faculty of Education, at Queen's University, Canada. This is part of a research project entitled “La formación inicial del profesorado en España en la intrahistoria del tiempo presente: de la LGE (1970) a la LOMLOE” (PR12/24-31567), funded by Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
ORGANIZERS
Jon Igelmo Zaldívar (Compluentense University of Madrid),
Rosa Bruno-Jofré (Queen’s University),
Gonzalo Jover Olmeda (Compluentense University of Madrid)
LOCATION AND DATES
Faculty of Education – Complutense University of Madrid
Unless otherwise noted, all events take place in the room “Sala de Juntas María Montessori" on the second floor of the main building.
DATES: 23-25 JUNE 2025
Program
Day 1: June 23, 2025
| 9.00 | Welcome breakfast offered by Gonzalo Jover, Dean of the Faculty of Education, Universidad Complutense de Madrid - Room 2531. |
| 10.00 | Welcoming addresses and talk by Gonzalo Jover, Dean of the Faculty of Education, Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
| Session I: History of Teacher Education at the Intersection of Transnational and National Currents of Thought: Historical Overview. Introductory Conversation. | |
| 10.30 |
Teacher’s Education reform in the context of the Late Francoism: Between International Opening and Institutional Traditionalism, Gonzalo Jover & Laura Camas (Complutense University of Madrid) |
| 11.30 |
Teacher Preparation in English Canada at the Intersection of Transnational Currents of Thought, Social Movements, and Technological Changes from the Mid-nineteenth Century to the Early 2000s, Rosa Bruno-Jofré (Queen’s University, Canada) |
| 12.30 | Coffee break |
| 13.30 |
Anti-Humanism, Rights, Equity, and the Construction of Knowledge: Philosophical Undercurrents of Historical Change in Teacher Education, James S. Johnston (Memorial University, Canada) (ONLINE) |
| 16.30 |
Opening of the exhibition “Leaving the Classroom: The Journey in Teacher Training 1927–1935” Silvia Martínez-Cano (Complutense University of Madrid) |
Day 2: June 24, 2025
| Session I: History of Teacher Education at the Intersection of Transnational and National Currents of Thought: Historical Overview. Introductory Conversation, continued. | |
| 10.00 |
Global History and Global Citizenship Education (GCED): Between theory and practice, David Alonso (Complutense University of Madrid) |
| Session II: Professional Identity, Interdisciplinary Approaches, Gender and Intersectionality | |
| 11.00 |
Professional identity in teachers recovering interrupted educational trajectories in second chance schools in Chile, Cristobal Madero (Alberto Hurtado University, Chile) |
| 12.00 | Coffee Break |
| 13.00 |
Gender and intersectionality: Feminine strategies in the teaching career (Brazil, in the first half of the 20th century), Diana Vidal (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil) |
| 14.00 |
Interdisciplinarity and the study of teacher education at Murdoch University, Western Australia, Tom O’Donoghue (University of Western Australia) |
| 17.00 |
Visit to the historical building of the Institución Libre de Enseñanza (Fundación Giner de los Ríos) |
| 18.00 |
Book Launch (Fundación Giner de los Ríos): Teacher education at the Crossroads of Multiple Modernities and Internationalities (XIX–XX Centuries) (Portal de Livros Abertos de la Universidad de São Paulo) Rosa Bruno-Jofré (Queen’s University) Diana Vidal (University of São Paulo) Rethinking Freire and Illich (University of Toronto Press) Rosa Bruno-Jofré (Queen’s University) Jon Igelmo Zaldívar (Complutense University of Madrid) Moderator: Laura Camas (Complutense University of Madrid) |
Day 3: June 25, 2025
| Session III: Challenges and New Issues in Teacher Education Today: Decoloniality, Environment, AI, Equity | |
| 10.00 |
What teachers will we make? The pedagogy of AI in light of alternative education, Peter Glinos (Queen’s University, Canada) |
| 11.00 |
Decolonizing educational museology: the potential transformation of educational spaces for teacher training, Jon Igelmo & Patricia Quiroga (Complutense University of Madrid) |
| 12.00 | Coffee Break |
| 13.00 |
Environmental teacher preparation, Chris Beeman (Brandon University, Canada) |
| 14.00 |
Education for reconciliation: Preparing teachers for the centering of Indigenous education, Lindsay Morcom (Queen’s University, Canada) (ONLINE) |
| 16.00 | Closing remarks: Discussing publication |
Practical Information
To participate as an audience, you must write in advance to the following email address: jigelmoz@ucm.es
The symposium will take place at the Faculty of Education UCM, address: Rector Royo Villanova s/n (Room: “Sala de Juntas María Montessori", second floor of the main building).
The book launch session will be at the “Fundación Giner de los Ríos”, address: General Martínez Campos 14.
The closest metro station to the Faculty of Education UCM (“Edificio de la Almudena”) is “Vicente Aleixandre”. See map below.
