UIC Barcelona is set to host a meeting of “Women Leaders in Education”, an association of women leaders and benchmarks in the field of education that was founded in 2020 with a clear social vocation. The aim of this event is to showcase the commitment of women working in the world of education, with emphasis on the development of critical thinking in the classroom.

The session was designed by the association to analyse, question and construct collective solutions to the current and future challenges of education and artificial intelligence, with discussion focusing on developing and fostering critical thinking skills in students from a young age.

Carla Vidal, a Faculty of Education Sciences lecturer, is one of the speakers invited to take part in the round table “Educating to transform: critical thinking experiences in the classroom” and will explore the concept of Thinking Routines from Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Project Zero, among other matters.

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UIC Barcelona collaborates in this event, which fosters critical thinking and open dialogue, by hosting the session on our campus. 

Programme: How to encourage critical thinking in the classroom in the age of AI

• 18.00 – Reception. The event is led by: Lluisa Salvador, expert in generating participatory environments as an engine for critical thinking

• 18.10 – Welcome

• 18.20 – Anna Forés, educator and expert in neuroeducation: “What does neuroscience tell us about the development of critical thinking?”

• 18.50 – Round table: “Educating to transform: critical thinking experiences in the classroom”. Moderator: Azucena Vázquez, director of Digital Transformation at Escuela21.Speakers:

  • Claudia López Pérez, teacher, philosopher and founder of the educational project “Sapere Aude”

  • Lola Villar, expert in teaching critical thinking through film and education consultant for Platino Educa

  • Estefanía de Anta, expert in critical thinking and media literacy in the digital environment

  • Carla Vidal Fluriach, teacher, humanist and doctoral student at UIC Barcelona. Teaching Languages and Literacy lecturer in the UIC Barcelona Faculty of Education Sciences.

  • Cristina Tejero, head of the Repsol Foundation’s Zinkers programme

• 19.45 – Networking session