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Ateneo: "Proposals for School Organization to Meet the Demands of the 21st Century"

June 29, 2009
On June 9, the seminar "School Organization Proposals to Meet the Demands of the 21st Century" took place at the Centro Auditorium. This event was held as part of the 1st Ibero-American Meeting of the AGE Network and was moderated by Dr. Joaquín Gairín (pictured), the Network’s General Coordinator. During the event, specialists in educational management from Ibero-American countries spoke about the new challenges facing school management.

The moderator holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy and Letters from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). He is a professor of General Basic Education and a full professor in the Department of Applied Pedagogy at the UAB. He is also an international educational consultant.

The following participated as speakers:

Dr. Arturo Chow (Nicaragua)
Rector and Director of Strategic Planning at the University of Commercial Sciences.

Inés Aguerrondo, B.A. (Argentina)
Coordinator of Educational Management at the Argentine Catholic University.

Oscar Parra, Eng. (Paraguay)
Academic Coordinator of the Carapeguá Pedagogical Unit at the “Nuestra Señora de la Asunción” Catholic University.

Dr. Rosa Tafur (Peru)
Coordinator of the Secondary Education Specialization, professor in the Department of Education and the Institute for Quality at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.

The AGE Network (School Management Support Network) is a project of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) in which the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain) and ORT University (Uruguay) participate. More information on the AGE Network.