On time education
CompletedOver the past few decades in Catalonia, there has been much debate surrounding school hours in many areas of the educational community. Some of these discussions are included in documents such as In support of school hours: pedagogically positive, professionally reasonable and socially satisfactory, compiled by the MUCE (Marc Unitari de la Comunitat Educativa) in 1993, or the reports from the CEC (Consell Escolar de Catalunya) on the school calendar and working day (2002 and 2009). In recent years, however, the debate over school hours has been heavily conditioned by the struggle to uphold the traditional timetable with a lunch break in the middle, or establishing a continuous morning schedule, with the start and end time of classes and the location of the lunch break as the main point of contention. It is a choice that all too often overlooks the existence of other possible options.
With the aim of helping to renew the debate on the school timetable, the Fundació Jaume Bofill and the Federació de Moviments de Renovació Pedagògica have compiled a document with proposals to define a new horizon of school hours for the country, reflecting the educational and social challenges of today.
The document aims to make a valuable contribution to configuring an equitable and quality school timetable, within the framework of educational transformation, following the advances that have been made in other parts of Spain (such as Aragon) and in neighbouring countries (Portugal, Germany and Denmark, among others).
The project provides criteria for defining new school timetables in order to achieve comprehensive education, equality and the well-being of children and adolescents, while trying to adjust to the needs of families and providing an opportunity for improvement for teachers and educators. An updated model, which is flexible and adapts to educational, social and territorial realities.
The proposals are intended for the entire education system, from the second stage of nursery school to the end of Compulsory Secondary Education, including primary schools, secondary schools and colleges. Given the territorial nature of the proposal, we also present some governance criteria for the model.
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Coordination
Project coordinators
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Mònica Nadal
Director of Research
With a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Sociology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Mònica Nadal also holds an MPhil in Women’s Studies from Trinity College Dublin (Ireland). Since May 2014, she has been the Research director and a member of the executive team of Fundació Bofill,…
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Elena Sintes
Project Manager
PhD in Sociology and bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business Sciences from the University of Barcelona (UB). With extensive experience as a researcher in public policies of time and education, Elena Sintes has done research at the University of Barcelona and at the Autonomous University of B…
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Team
Project team
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Jaume Aguilar
Jaume Aguilar, equip Coordinador de la FMRPC, membre de la Comissió tècnica del MIF, membre del MUCE, ha estat director de Primària i Secundària.
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Neus Giménez
Graduada en Humanitats (UPF), Màster de Formació del Professorat de Secundària amb especialització en Geografia i Història (UNED) i Màster en Estudis Comparatius de Literatura, Art i Pensament (UPF). La seva trajectòria professional comença a l’aula, treballant en centres d’alta complexitat…
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Sílvia Lombarte
Llicenciada en Pedagogia per la Universitat de Barcelona, màster en Polítiques Socials i Mediació comunitària per Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), postgrau tècnic/a en integració social per la Universitat Abat Oliva (UAO) i Diploma d'Estudis Avançats "Educació i Democràcia" per la Universit…
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Montse Ros
Montse Ros, mestra, sindicalista de CCOO, i actualment secretària de comunicació i de finances de la Comissió Obrera Nacional de Catalunya.
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Sarai Samper Sierra
Sarai Samper Sierra és sociòloga i especialista en investigació social aplicada. Des de 2004 desenvolupa la seva tasca professional a D-CAS (Col·lectiu d'Analistes Socials), col·laborant amb institucions públiques en la realització de projectes aplicats en l'àmbit de les polítiques socials.…
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Martí Teixidó
Martí Teixidó. Dedicat a l’educació: mestre, director, inspector, professor associat d’universitat. President de la Societat Catalana de Pedagogia de l’IEC.
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Jesús Viñas Cirera
Inspector d’Educació, director de Serveis territorials d’Educació al Vallès Occidental. Ha estat professor de la Universitat de Barcelona i ha estat subdirector general d'Inspecció.
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