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Conference: "Learning Communities and the Construction of Collective Knowledge"

July 31, 2008
On July 28, the ORT Centro Auditorium hosted a lecture titled "Learning Communities and the Construction of Collective Knowledge," presented by Dr. Joaquín Gairín, Professor in the Department of Applied Pedagogy at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

The speaker discussed collaborative work in institutions with relative autonomy frameworks, where the challenge lies in coordinating this collective effort to ensure it fosters both the professional development of those involved and the growth of the organization.

Dr. Gairín holds a Ph.D. in Education Sciences from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He is the Director of the Doctoral Program "Quality in Educational Innovation Processes" at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He is Director of the "Organizational Development" (EDO) Research Group, composed of a team of specialists with extensive experience who pursue various lines of research related to innovation and university improvement, the integration of new technologies into organizations, organizational development, leadership in relational systems, and educational supervision systems. The group works in coordination with other research teams from the Universities of Madrid, Granada, Alcalá, Complutense, and the UNED. He is the author of various publications, including "Educational Decentralization: A Solution or a Problem?", "School Organization: Context and Framework for Action," and "Leadership and Learning Organizations."

Presentation by Dr. Gairín