Fuerteventura joins ‘Creálogos Educativos’ for two days to connect, feel and transform education through care

The Centro Insular de Juventud will host the ‘Creálogos Educativos-Paliques que Conectan’ activity for the first time, alongside the ‘Emocuidando en la Educación’ event. The initiative, launched with the participation of the Fuerteventura Island Council through its Education and Youth Department, aims to put emotional wellbeing and care at the heart of the education community.

What if we spent more time listening, understanding emotions and caring for the people who make up the education community? With this in mind, Emocuidando is bringing the activity to Fuerteventura on 20 and 21 November for two days of meetings, conversations and experiences that put centre stage the things that can sometimes be overlooked amid the rush, obligations and course content: people, their emotions and the bonds that help them grow.

The involvement of the Education and Youth Department will bring spaces for discussion and reflection to the island, focusing on the emotional challenges faced by teachers, young people, families and education professionals.

Fuerteventura Island Council’s Education and Youth councillor, Adargoma Hernández, stressed the importance of creating spaces that contribute to people’s wellbeing and strengthen the education community. “At the Fuerteventura Island Council, we want to contribute to an education system that does more than pass on knowledge: it must also look after people’s emotional wellbeing. Caring for educators, listening to our young people and supporting families is essential to building a more aware, approachable and committed society.”

The programme begins on Friday 20 November with three episodes of ‘Creálogos Educativos-Paliques que Conectan’, a live conversation series bringing together different voices and experiences to reflect on education from complementary perspectives. The first conversation will take place at 1 pm, featuring University of La Laguna (ULL) professor Antonio Rodríguez, island president Lola García, and Sandra Domínguez, a member of the leadership team at CEIP Juan Cruz Ruiz. It is entitled ‘Emotional Education: an opportunity to put what matters at the centre’. At 5 pm, the episode ‘The Body that Educates’ will feature pedagogue Carla Nobuko Pérez and primary school teacher José María Toro.

The 20 November programme will conclude at 6.30 pm with the episode ‘The Landscape We Carry Within: the Invisible Roots of Education’. Teacher and communicator Natalia Valls will lead the conversation with Eva Teba, educational director at Educando, and Liliana Cruz, a trainer in emotional regulation tools.

On Saturday 21 November, ‘Emocuidando en la Educación’ will take place at the Centro Insular de Juventud in Fuerteventura from 9 am to 7.30 pm. The event will focus on wellbeing, emotional education and a culture of care. Five professionals with different backgrounds and perspectives on education and emotional wellbeing will take part: Antonio Rodríguez, a professor at the University of La Laguna; Eva Teba, educational director at Educando; Liliana Cruz, a trainer in emotional regulation tools; Natalia Valls, a teacher and communicator; and José María Toro, a primary school teacher.

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