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SEK Education Group -University Camilo José Cela and SEK International Schools- has held the fourth edition of the Felipe Segovia Symposium, an event that brought together the SEK Educational Community (teachers, students and families), giving voice to teachers who have launched innovative, interdisciplinary and socially committed educational experiences. The Symposium, which has already become a leading event in showcasing pioneering practice in education in our country, will took place on Friday, 16 November, at the UCJC Villafranca Campus.
Organised by the Felipe Segovia Foundation, the Symposium represents an opportunity for meeting and collaboration that aims to highlight the work of the teacher and their crucial part in the true transformation of the educational system, as a cornerstone on which the uniqueness of the SEK educational model is built.
Following on from the Symposium, the SEK Day was held, an event awarding the best initiatives in the SEK Education Group.
A diverse range of innovative learning experiences
The 4th Felipe Segovia Symposium featured the presentation of 45 initiatives, representing the diversity of educational models and content developed in the classrooms in Early Childhood, Primary, Secondary and Baccalaureate in the nine SEK schools and University Camilo José Cela over the last academic year.
Among them, the initiative entitled Escape Room: learning spaces for Secondary education an idea from a Science teacher and a Technology Coordinator with the aim that Secondary Education students learn, in a fun way, history, music, chemistry or robotics and STEAM skills (related to the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths) through the creation and challenge of facing a real escape room organised in the school itself. During the Symposium, there were several sessions to showcase the initiative to attendees.
Another initiative showcased at the event was What I Do Matters, which was launched in Primary Education with the aim of raising awareness among children about the problem of plastic pollution in the oceans. Reports suggest that in 2050 there will be more plastic than fish. Through inquiry units, part of their IBO Primary Years Programme syllabus, the children learn about how important it is to keep their surrounding environment clean, both at school and at home. The students proposed producing and selling their own coconut gel in chemistry lab and subsequently producing attractive packaging in art class to then sell their work to buy reusable earthenware cups to replace the plastic ones being used currently. They also wove their own cloth bags to avoid the use of plastic bags when shopping.
The Km Challenge initiative, launched in Primary Education, consisted of Physical Education teachers asking students to run during break times with the goal of running as many kilometres as possible. More and more participants joined forces, with even participants from abroad joining the challenge. The objective of the initiative was to generate healthy habits and encourage socialisation between different years, in order to avoid sedentary behaviour.
Learning Lab and Design Lab
The Symposium was attended by the international expert in educational innovation Stephen Heppell, who presented the new Learning Lab and Design Lab in which University Camilo José Cela is pioneering the application of innovation and interdisciplinarity standards to learning spaces.
