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Book Presentation: "Processes of Change and Self-Assessment in Educational Institutions"

June 15, 2011
On June 22, the ORT Centro Auditorium hosted the presentation of the book *Processes of Change and Self-Evaluation in Educational Institutions* by Dr. María Inés Vázquez Clavera, Academic Coordinator of Educational Management at the Institute of Education. Presentations were given by Mag. Edith Moraes, Director of the Council for Education Training at the National Public Education Administration, and Dr. Denise Vaillant, Academic Secretary of the Institute of Education.

The foreword was written by Dr. Joaquín Gairín, Professor of Educational Pedagogy and Organization at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Among other points, he emphasizes that “beyond the formalization and developments presented, the value of this contribution lies in the two messages it conveys. On an implicit level, there remains a call for the need to maintain and promote models for studying organizations that go beyond mere structural analysis and advance in the description and understanding of complex human dynamics. On an explicit level, the review conducted helps us understand the strengths and weaknesses of existing proposals related to change and self-evaluation for improvement, offering new perspectives and ways of understanding and analyzing institutional dynamics.”

Prof. María Inés Vázquez: Ph.D. in Education, Autonomous University of Barcelona. Master’s in Educational Research, CIEP-IDRC, Canada. Psychologist. Researcher, Secondary Education Council. Professor, Master’s in Society and Institutions, National University of San Luis, Argentina. Consultant in Educational Management. Academic Coordinator of Educational Management, Institute of Education, Universidad ORT Uruguay.