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Memoria HUHEZI 2017-2018 English ANNUAL REPORT 2017 / 2018 www.mondragon.edu/huhezi INDEX INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL REVIEW 4 12 ACADEMIC REPORT • degrees • graduate degrees and continuing education • research and transfer 2 INDEX ECONOMIC AND 22 FINANCIAL SITUATION 24 ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES 26 PERSONNEL INDEX 3 INTRODUCTION A H R 4 INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL REVIEW Throughout the 2017-2018 academic Using the key aspects of our strategy as a point of year, all of us involved in the Faculty departure, we blazed trails in innovation in teaching activities, in both lifelong learning (LLL) and research of Humanities and Education and development (R&D) activities. In order to accomplish Sciences (Humanitate eta Hezkuntza this, we chose to prioritize training and professional development. Zientzien Fakultatea, HUHEZI) devoted ourselves enthusiastically The creation of new spaces for educational innovation was proposed. In our account, we must emphasize to our strategy. Once again, we opted that our university has spaces for learning unlike any for broad and open participation: others in the system. Re-creating the student’s campus in order to move forward with our experience (whether on campus or virtual) must be one of the characteristics we have as a cooperative university. strategy, we launched a number of activities and spaces. New areas were The following are the most notable facts and events of the 2017-2018 academic year: created to allow the communities that make up HUHEZI and different Regarding the academic field, in face-to-face degree studies, we had a total of 886 students in Early Childhood interest groups to participate. Education, Primary Education, and Audiovisual Communication. In addition to face-to-face or in-person degrees, upgrading courses were again offered in a blended learning format (allowing those holding a diploma to upgrade to a degree). We had a total of 23 students. Additionally, this year we offered the opportunity to earn a second degree or certification or complete a full degree program online. We had a total of 131 students studying online for a second degree or certification and 62 students in an online degree program. Thus, we had a total of 216 students carrying out online studies. In face-to-face and blended learning degree programs together, we had a total of 1,102 students. In the area of official graduate degrees, four official Master’s degrees were offered during the 2017-2018 academic year: Teaching Habilitation for the Exercise of the Profession of Secondary Education, Vocational Training and Teaching of Languages, Education in Multicultural and Multilingual Contexts (EKOMU), Development and Management of Methodological Didactic Innovation Projects in Educational Institutions (BERRIMET) and, in INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL REVIEW 5 cooperation with the Faculty of Business Studies in Oñati, personnel). Of these 43, 30 (69.8%) are accredited, and Social Economics and Cooperativism (MCOOP).Empresa another 22 employees are in doctoral programs. Cooperativa (MCOOP). The aim of HUHEZI Koop. E. is to foster the professional development of all the people who together form our We had a total of 192 graduate students (in both community. The framework for this development in official university Master’s programs and qualification HUHEZI is the following: programs). We offered four official university Master’s • We have reviewed and updated our access plan. degrees, two expert qualifications, and one specialist • We have aligned training plans and strategic projects. diploma program. • We have developed a strong process to promote language proficiency. Regarding student mobility, 117 students studied or • We have extended ad hoc requests for personal did curricular practical training abroad. Of these 117, 51 development. spent a semester at an international university (mostly in • To foster the development of PhD candidate research Europe), and 30 did practical training in Europe and 36 in staff and research groups, we have implemented a Latin America. long-term projection and training plan (thesis releases). • We have analyzed and designed a new Research A total of 12 students from abroad came to us to do Personnel in Training policy. mobility programs in English. As every year, the Faculty of Humanities and In the area of continuing education, considerable Education Sciences organized Literary Meetings, work was carried out in Education, Communication this year under the title Gender Identities: Ways of and Cooperation. Of particular note is the fact that Being and Speaking. This 15th year of the Meetings the LANKI Institute offered cooperative training in the saw the participation of Basque verse-makers Uxue form of 48 training sessions (with 816 participants). Alberdi, Miren Amuriza and Dorleta Kortazar, and Regarding education, 709 people took part in a program writers Maria Delgado, Josune Gorostegi, Arantxa provided in response to a request from schools. In Urretabizkaia and Txaro Gallego. the area of audiovisual communication, our course on Communication in Organizations was offered for the Additionally, the 11th annual HUHEZINEMA Film third time, with 16 students. Festival was organized and maintained its success of the last several years with respect to the number In research, our researchers showed significant of films presented and to the number of guests participation in conferences and meetings, and in the coming to the festival. Media response was also area of publication as well, results were abundant, with excellent. There were a number of innovations at 49 published articles (of which 11 appeared in medium- this year’s festival: we created the Mundukide Award, impact journals), 3 books and 5 book chapters. We took we organized a meeting of Basque websites, and we part in 18 research projects, and 43 transfer initiatives offered a participatory masterclass on movie special were carried out in public and private institutions. effects in the Aretxabaleta town square for the whole Additionally, 14 research seminars were organized and town. The event took place on March 21-23 at the we participated in 39 social development and outreach Aretxabaleta Cultural Center, and in April we organized activities. performances in Azkoitia and Ordizia. For the fourth year, we gave out the Orona Award at the International The day-release policy applied in previous years has Film Students’ Meeting at the San Sebastian Film yielded good results, and 43 of our current HUHEZI Festival and presented five innovative international faculty members are PhD holders (66.2% of our short films at HUHEZINEMA. 6 INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL REVIEW A conference on “Moving Forward Together to Transform Studies was held on the Eskoriatza campus: “Cooperative Education” organized by the Faculty of Humanities and innovation in the practice of social transformation.” The Education Sciences in cooperation with the Department aims of the conference were to share experiences in the of Education of the Basque Government was held on fields of cooperativism and social transformation and to the Orona-Ideo campus of Mondragon University. become familiar with innovative practices. The all-morning conference focused on two strategic areas: comprehensive Obligatory Secondary Education During the 2017-2018 academic year, the HUHEZI Sports (OSE) and high school language projects, and STEAM Service had 327 users. The main strategic line of the pedagogy. The aim of the conference was to encourage service has continued to be “to promote health,” without cooperation among educational agents and promote neglecting excursions, courses, sports, competitions innovation. For this purpose, in addition to a talk by and leisure activities. In the future as well, the greatest expert Xavier Aragay, innovative projects underway in challenge for the Sports Service will be to increase the some schools in the Basque Country were shared at number of users, particularly by promoting women’s the event. More than 160 professionals in the field of participation. education registered for the conference. The 6th annual Conference on Cooperativism organized by Mondragon University’s LANKI Institute of Cooperative INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL REVIEW 7 HISTORICAL REVIEW: ◗ 1988. Educational videos. CHRONOLOGY “Piti gaztagile” (“Piti, the Cheese Maker”) was produced. This was the first video in a series created for educational ◗ 1976. The Eskoriatza Teacher Training School was purposes. founded. In order to solve the greatest problem facing schools ◗ 1990. Normalization of Basque in the at this time (no Basque-speaking certified teachers), Administration. the Educational Association – that is, the association Special courses were organized to address the linguistic of educational cooperatives in the Debagoiena region queries most often received from civil servants in the – founded the Eskoriatza Teacher Training School. Basque administration. Classes were initially taught in a classroom associated with the Pontifical University of Salamanca. ◗ 1992. Textbooks. Because textbooks were needed in Basque education, a ◗ 1978. Official recognition. dozen books were published. The Ministry of Education approved the academic program of the Eskoriatza Teacher Training School, ◗ 1996. Special Education. which then became associated with the University A specialty on teaching children with special needs was of Bilbao (and later with the University of the Basque created. At a time at which there were few students at Country). the School, this specialty attracted many new students. ◗ 1979. First graduating
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