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Research in Innovation and Management of Professional Development and Training in Educational Instit

Code: 45008 ECTS Credits: 6
2024/2025
Degree Type Year
4313815 Research in Education OT 0

Contact

Name:
Miquel Angel Essomba Gelabert
Email:
miquelangel.essomba@uab.cat

Teachers

Georgeta Ion

Teaching groups languages

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Prerequisites

Nothing.


Objectives and Contextualisation

This module is compulsory in the specialty of Applied Pedagogy and is optional in the other specialties.

This module aims to introduce students to research in the field of professional development in organizations.

Specifically, the objectives of the module are:

- Understand the mutual implications between professional development and the development of the organization

- Link the development of people to training for professional and institutional change from a complexity approach

- To study and analyze models of initial and continuous training that favor change

- To know the variables of relationship and group dynamics that affect the development of the organization


Learning Outcomes

  1. CA23 (Competence) Identify a research problem in the area of educational organisations and formulate its questions and goals.
  2. CA24 (Competence) Contrast research data with the goals of the study and the corpus of available knowledge in the area of educational organisations in order to draw conclusions.
  3. CA25 (Competence) Include the analysis of inequalities based on sex/gender in the study of educational organisations.
  4. KA23 (Knowledge) Identify different lines of research on professional development in educational organisations.
  5. KA24 (Knowledge) Identify problems in the field of educational organisations and offer solutions for the training needs of professionals using innovative approaches.
  6. SA14 (Skill) Produce a comprehensive review of the scientific literature in relation to the research of educational organisations.
  7. SA15 (Skill) Analyse different types of research data from educational organisations in accordance with its nature.
  8. SA16 (Skill) Present research in the field of educational organisations adapting the tone to the type of scientific communication (report, article, contribution to conferences, case study, poster, video, etc.).

Content

1. Research on professional development in organizations. Individual, institutional and systemic factors.
2. Professional development in formal education. Research on teaching and learning concepts of teachers.
3. Research on professional learning communities in the educational field. Key factors for educational transformation
4. Complexity theory and research on professional development. Basic concepts.
5. Techniques for gathering information on group dynamics in organizations. Analysis of group development processes.
6. Research on diversity management in organizations.

 

Activities and Methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Analysis and discussion of scientific papers 9 0.36
Case study solving 9 0.36
Lectures 12 0.48
Papers' presentations 6 0.24
Type: Supervised      
Composition of a scientific paper 12 0.48
Online activities (forum...) 12 0.48
Tutoring 12 0.48
Type: Autonomous      
Case studies' resolution, exercises, problem solving... 34 1.36
Papers' readings and consultation 34 1.36
To attend seminars / lectures on the speciality 10 0.4

 


The training activity will be developed based on the following dynamics: Master classes / exhibitions Reading articles and document collections Analysis and collective discussion of articles and documentary sources Classroom practices: problem solving / cases / exercises Presentation / oral presentation of works Tutorials

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.


Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Module paper 50% 0 0 CA23, CA24, CA25, KA24, SA14, SA16
Case-story analysis individually or in teams 25% 0 0 CA23, CA24, CA25, SA15
Reading & critical analysis of scientific papers 25% 0 0 CA25, KA23, KA24, SA14, SA15

The evaluation of the module will be carried out by means of the activities indicated. The Module paper will have to be presented in public audience on March 26th 2025, and the written paper will have to be uploaded at the Virtual Campus on April 30th 2025. For those students who wish to be assessed by a single assessment system, the date to upload all the assessment activities will be April 30th 2025.

The final grade will be the weighted average of the planned activities. In order to apply this criterion it will be necessary to obtain at least a 5 in all the activities, those carried out during the development of the module and the final work of the module. Students who do not submit more than 50% of the assessment activities will be considered NOT PRESENTED (NP). In case of not passing the assessment, the sutdents will have a second chance to deliver the assessment activities again, together with the improvements suggested by the professor, no later than May 15th 2025. Fo those who wish to be assessed by a single assessment system, the criteria will be the same.

The procedure for reviewing the tests will be performed individually.

Attendance is mandatory, and a minimum of 80% of attendance must be proved (receipts only serve to explain the absence, in no case are an exemption from attendance).

To pass this subject, in all the activities (individual and in group) the linguistic correction, the writing and the formal aspects of presentation will be taken into account. Students must be able to express themselves fluently and correctly and must show a high degree of comprehension of academic texts. An activity may be returned (not assessed) or suspended if the teacher considers that it does not meet these requirements.

 

Copy or plagiarism, in the case of works as in the case of the exams, constitute a crime that can represent to suspend the subject:

  • Any document, activity or test is considered to be "copied" whenit reproduces all or part of the work of one or another partner.
  • Any document or activity is considered to be "plagiarized" when a part of an author's text is presented as his own without citing sources, regardless of whether the original sources are on paper or in digital format. (More information about plagiarism at http://wuster.uab.es/web_argumenta_obert/unit_20/sot_2_01.html)

It is recommended to follow the APA regulations (2019, 7th version): In the following link you will find a proposal of regulations: http://ddd.uab.cat/pub/recdoc

For more information on the "General Assessment Criteria and Guidelines for the Faculty of Education Sciences" approved by the COA on May 28, 2015 and modified to the Faculty Board on April 6, 2017, you can consult the following Document: http://www.uab.cat/web/informacio-academica/avaluacio/normativa-1292571269103.html

Students will spend 15 minuts by the end of the training to fill in the teachers' assessment survey.

SINGLE ASSESSMENT

A single asessment includes the three evidences that are considered for the continuous assessment, and the percentage of value of each evidence also keeps the same. The retake system is the same as for the continuous assessment. A revision of the qualification is planned under the same conditions as for the continuous assessment. The deadline for sending the three evidences is April 30th 2025.


Bibliography

TOP REFERENCES

Bedoya, R.E. & Essomba, M.A. (2021). School organization strategies for cultural enterpreneurship in Spain. International Journal of Social Policy and Education, 3(5), 1-8.

Byrd, D. R. & Alexander, M. (2020). Investigating special education teachers’ knowledge and skills: Preparing general teacher preparation for professional development. Journal of Pedagogical Research, 4(2), 72-82.

Rodríguez-Gómez, D., Armengol C., & Meneses J. (2017).  La adquisición de las competencias profesionales a través de las prácticas curriculares de la formación inicial de maestros. Revista de Educación,376, 229-251.

Rodriguez-Gomez, D., Ion, G., Mercader, C., & López-Crespo, S. (2019). Factors promoting informal and formal learning strategies among school leaders. Studies in Continuing Education, 1-16.

OTHER REFERENCES

Arnesen, A.L., Hadjitheodoulou-Loizidou, P., Bîrzéa, C., Essomba, M.A. &Allan, J. (2009). Policies and practices for teaching sociocultural diversity – Concepts, principles and challenges in teacher education. Strasburg : Council of Europe Publishing.

Canimas, J. & Carbonell, F. (2008). Educació i conflictes interculturals. Col·lecció Conciutadania intercultural. Barcelona : Fundació Jaume Bofill.

Chalmers, D (2012). Identification and implementation of the indicators and measures of the impact on teaching preparation programs in higher education (TPP impact)

Española. Berlín.

Essomba, M.A. (2006). Liderar escuelas interculturales e inclusivas. Equipos directivos y profesorado ante la diversidad cultural y la inmigración. Barcelona : Graó.

Essomba, M.A. (2008). La gestión de la diversidad cultural en la escuela. Colección 10 ideas clave. Barcelona : Graó.

Essomba, M.A. (2012). Organización escolar y religión. En Alvarez, J.L. & Essomba, M.A. Dioses en las aulas. Educación y diálogo interreligioso. Barcelona : Graó.

Essomba, M.A., Karatzia-Stavlioti, E., Maitles, H. & Zalieskiene, I. (2008). Developing the conditions for Education for citizenship in higher education. CiCe guidelines on the design of higher education courses. London : Institute for Policy Studies in Education – London Metropolitan University.

Euler, D. (2010). Shaping learning cultures: a strategic challenge for universities. In D. Schneckenberg & U. D. Ehlers (Eds.), Changing cultures in higher education: Moving ahead to future learning (pp. 75–84). Heidelberg: Springer.

Feixas, M. & Euler, D. (2013). Academics as Teachers: Concerns and conceptions about teaching and learning at different stages of their professionaldevelopment. International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Review.

Feixas, M. & Zellweger, F. (2010). Faculty Development in Context: Changing Learning Cultures in Higher Education. En Ehlers, U. & Schneckenberg, D. (Eds.). Changing cultures in higher education- moving ahead to future learning.Springer. Germany.

Feixas, M. (2004). La influencia de factores personales, institucionales y contextuales en la trayectoria y desarrollo docente de los profesores universitarios. Educar, 33, 31–58.

Feixas, M. (2010). Enfoques y concepciones docentes en la universidad. Relieve. E-journal of Educational Research, Assessment and Evaluation, 16, 2.Retrieved from http://www.uv.es/RELIEVE/v16n2/RELIEVEv16n2_2.htm.

French, Wendell L . Desarrollo organizacional : transformación y administración efectiva del cambio : [sexta edición. México [etc.] : McGraw-Hill Interamericana, cop. 2007

Gairín, J.; Armengol, C. (Eds.)(Ed.),Estrategias de formación para el cambio organizacional(pp.255-275). Barcelona :CISSPRAXIS, S.A..

Gordó, G. (2010). Centros educativos: ¿islas o nodos? Los centros como organizaciones-red. Barcelona : Graó.

Morin, E. (1994). Introducción al pensamiento complejo. Barcelona: Gedisa

Morin, E., et Alt., (2003). Educar en la era planetaria. Barcelona, Gedisa.

Navarro, José;  de Quijano, Santiago D. ; Berger, Rita y  Meneses, Rocío: Grupos en las organizaciones: herramienta básica para gestionar la incertidumbre y ambigüedad crecientes en Papeles del Psicólogo, 2011. Vol. 32(1), pp. 17-28

Norton, L., Richardson, J. T. E., Hartley, J., Newstead, S., & Mayes, J. (2005).Teachers’ beliefs and intentions concerningteaching in higher education. Higher Education, 50, 537–571.

Postareff, L., Lindblom-Ylänne, S., & Nevgi, A. (2008). A follow-up study of the effect of pedagogical training on teaching in higher education. Higher Education, 56(1), 29–43

Robbins, Stephen P., Comportamiento organizacional, PHH, 1993

Sleeter, C.E. (2020). Challenging racism and colonialism through ethnic studies. Revista de Educación, 387, 39-65.

Stefani, L. (Ed.) (2011). Evaluating the Effectiveness of Academic Development: Principles and Practice. New York: Routledge.

Stes, A., Min‐Leliveld, M.J., Gijbels, D., & Van Petegem, P. (2010). The impact of instructional development in higher education: A state‐of‐the‐art of the research. Educational Research Review, 5(1), 25–49.

Strubell, M., Andreu, Ll., Sintes, E. (Coords.). (2011). Resultats del model lingüístic escolar de Catalunya. L’evidència empírica. Barcelona : UOC.

Tatli, A. (2012). Discourses and practices of diversity management in the UK. En En Klarsfeld, A. (ed.). International handbook on diversity management at work: country perspectives on diversity and equal treatment. Cheltenham Glos : Edward Elgar Publishing, 283-303.

Tomàs,M. (Coords.)(2006): Reconstruir la universidad a través del cambio cultural. Col. Documents. UAB.

Tomàs, M. (Coords.)(2011): Conflicto y comunicación organizacional. Editorial Académica

Tomàs, M.; Castro, D.; Feixas, M..(2010).Dimensiones para el análisis de las innovaciones en la universidad. Propuesta de un modelo. Bordón.62.(1).141-153.

Tomàs,M (Coords.)(2009). Cultura innovadora en la universidad. Ed. Octaedro.

Tomàs,M.(2012).La cultura y el clima organizacional en los centros de Educación Secundaria.Organización y gestión educativa..(1).34-35.

Van Knippenberg, D., De Dreu, C., Homan, A. (2004). Work group diversity and group performance: an integrative model and research agenda. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89 (6), 1008-1022.

Arnesen, A.L., Hadjitheodoulou-Loizidou, P., Bîrzéa, C., Essomba, M.A. &Allan, J. (2009). Policies and practices for teaching sociocultural diversity – Concepts, principles and challenges in teacher education. Strasburg : Council of Europe Publishing.

Canimas, J. & Carbonell, F. (2008). Educació i conflictes interculturals. Col·lecció Conciutadania intercultural. Barcelona : Fundació Jaume Bofill.

Chalmers, D (2012). Identification and implementation of the indicatorsand measures of the impact on teaching preparation programs in higher education (TPP impact)

Española. Berlín.

Essomba, M.A. (2006). Liderar escuelas interculturales e inclusivas. Equipos directivos y profesorado ante la diversidad cultural y la inmigración. Barcelona : Graó.

Essomba, M.A. (2008). La gestión de la diversidad cultural en la escuela. Colección 10 ideas clave. Barcelona : Graó.

Essomba, M.A. (2012). Organización escolar y religión. En Alvarez, J.L. & Essomba, M.A. Dioses en las aulas. Educación y diálogo interreligioso. Barcelona : Graó.

Essomba, M.A., Karatzia-Stavlioti, E., Maitles, H. & Zalieskiene, I. (2008). Developing the conditions for Education for citizenship in higher education. CiCe guidelines on the design of higher education courses. London : Institute for Policy Studies in Education – London Metropolitan University.

Euler, D. (2010). Shaping learning cultures: a strategic challenge for universities. In D. Schneckenberg & U. D. Ehlers (Eds.), Changing cultures in higher education: Moving ahead to future learning (pp. 75–84). Heidelberg: Springer.

Feixas, M. & Euler, D. (2013). Academics as Teachers: Concerns and conceptions about teaching and learning at different stages of their professional development. International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Review.

Feixas, M. & Zellweger, F. (2010). Faculty Development in Context: Changing Learning Cultures in Higher Education. En Ehlers, U. & Schneckenberg, D. (Eds.). Changing cultures in higher education- moving ahead to future learning.Springer. Germany.

Feixas, M. (2004). La influencia de factores personales, institucionales y contextuales en la trayectoria y desarrollo docente de los profesores universitarios. Educar, 33, 31–58.

Feixas, M. (2010). Enfoques y concepciones docentes en la universidad. Relieve. E-journal of Educational Research, Assessment and Evaluation, 16, 2.Retrieved from http://www.uv.es/RELIEVE/v16n2/RELIEVEv16n2_2.htm.

French, Wendell L . Desarrollo organizacional : transformación y administración efectiva del cambio : [sexta edición. México [etc.] : McGraw-Hill Interamericana, cop. 2007

Gairín, J.; Armengol, C. (Eds.)(Ed.),Estrategias de formación para el cambio organizacional(pp.255-275). Barcelona :CISSPRAXIS, S.A..

Gordó, G. (2010). Centros educativos: ¿islas o nodos? Los centros como organizaciones-red. Barcelona : Graó.

Morin, E. (1994). Introducción al pensamiento complejo. Barcelona: Gedisa

Morin, E., et Alt., (2003). Educar en la era planetaria. Barcelona, Gedisa.

Navarro, José;  de Quijano, Santiago D. ; Berger, Rita y  Meneses, Rocío: Grupos en las organizaciones: herramienta básica para gestionar la incertidumbre y ambigüedad crecientes en Papeles del Psicólogo, 2011. Vol. 32(1), pp. 17-28

Norton, L., Richardson, J. T. E., Hartley, J., Newstead, S., & Mayes, J. (2005).Teachers’ beliefs and intentions concerning teaching in higher education. Higher Education, 50, 537–571.

Postareff, L., Lindblom-Ylänne, S., & Nevgi, A. (2008). A follow-up study of the effect of pedagogical training on teaching in higher education. Higher Education, 56(1), 29–43

Robbins, Stephen P., Comportamiento organizacional, PHH, 1993

Stefani, L. (Ed.) (2011). Evaluating the Effectiveness of Academic Development: Principles and Practice. New York: Routledge.

Stes, A., Min‐Leliveld, M.J., Gijbels, D., & Van Petegem, P. (2010). The impact of instructional development in higher education: A state‐of‐the‐art of the research. Educational Research Review, 5(1), 25–49.

Strubell, M., Andreu, Ll., Sintes, E. (Coords.). (2011). Resultats del model lingüístic escolar de Catalunya. L’evidència empírica. Barcelona : UOC.

Tatli, A. (2012). Discourses and practices of diversity management in the UK. En EnKlarsfeld, A. (ed.). International handbook on diversity management at work: country perspectives on diversity and equal treatment. Cheltenham Glos : Edward Elgar Publishing, 283-303.

Tomàs, M. (Coords.)(2006): Reconstruir la universidad a través del cambio cultural. Col. Documents. UAB.

Tomàs, M. (Coords.)(2011): Conflicto y comunicación organizacional. Editorial Académica

Tomàs, M.; Castro, D.; Feixas, M..(2010).Dimensiones para el análisis de las innovaciones en la universidad. Propuesta de un modelo. Bordón.62.(1).141-153.

Tomàs,M (Coords.)(2009). Cultura innovadora en la universidad. Ed. Octaedro.

Tomàs,M.(2012).La cultura y el clima organizacional en los centros de Educación Secundaria.Organización y gestión educativa..(1).34-35.

Van Knippenberg, D., De Dreu, C., Homan, A. (2004). Work group diversity and group performance: an integrative model and research agenda. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89 (6), 1008-1022.


Software

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