Experts from centers of excellence in Education character from the USA, UK, Spain and Switzerland participated in a workshop at the University of Navarra on April 28th. The meeting was organized by the project 'Investigating and promote Education of character in Latin American secondary schools', jointly developed by the School of Education and Psychology and the Institute for Culture and Societyand funded by the World Templeton Charity Foundation.

framework Gemignani, professor at McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts at Duquesne University (USA), gave a session on qualitative research methods. Abdeljalil Akkari, professor at the School of Psychology and Sciences of the Education of the University of Geneva (Switzerland), spoke on methods of research in comparative Education .

Also, a roundtable on best practices and strategies for promote was held on knowledge on Education of character, featuring Marvin Berkowitz, co-director of the Center for Character and Citizenship and Sanford N. McDonnell Professor of Education of Character at the University of Missouri-St. Louis (USA); and James Arthur and Tom Harrison, director and director of development respectively of the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues at the University of Birmingham (UK).

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The workshop was also attended by members of the project of research: Concepción Naval, director of project and dean of the School of Education and Psychology; Aurora Bernal, co-director of project and vice-dean of the School of Education and Psychology; Ángel Sobrino, researcher senior and professor of the School of Education and Psychology; Daniel Moulin, researcher of project and researcher of Institute for Culture and Society; and the assistants of research Juan Pablo Dabdoub and Apolinar Varela.

The 3-year project 'Researching and promote Education character traits in secondary schools in Latin America' aims to gain a better understanding of how the training of positive character traits - particularly social and moral virtues - can be promoted at Education secondary schools in Central and South America.

The project includes a theoretical research part and an application part internship, focused on Mexico, Argentina and Colombia. There they plan to review Education policies and good practices in schools, consulting with school leaders in each region. programs of study In addition, the team will develop six case studies in secondary schools, conducting more than 10,000 surveys, analyzing 150 classrooms, organizing several focus groups and interviewing students, teachers and parents.