Biziberritu Project: turning surplus company materials into an educational tool
Biziberritu Project: turning surplus company materials into an educational tool
Biziberritu Project: turning surplus company materials into an educational tool
To examine the subject in depth and learn about different experiences, we will hold the Biziberritu conference on the Eskoriatza campus on June 20.
The Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences of Mondragon University has organized the Biziberritu conference, which will take place on June 20 on the Eskoriatza campus. The event will begin at 3:00 p.m. and will be open to the public, however, those interested must register in advance.
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The Biziberritu project promotes the use of surplus company materials as an educational tool in schools, at a time when education is granting more and more importance to experimentation, creativity and play when it comes to promoting student learning processes. The materials used to carry out these experiments can be diverse.
The Biziberritu project focuses on the fact that recyclable material can be very interesting for the development of students’ knowledge of the physical world. Thus, the more indefinite or unstructured the material, the more possibilities it offers to have more varied experiences and reach richer conclusions. The use of recycled materials also offers many possibilities for creation and deactivates competition among students, which has a positive impact on their self-image and self-esteem since the artifacts they create cannot be judged or valued according to a single model. In addition, unstructured materials multiply the possibilities for play and play itself is the fundamental tool for symbolic development.
The Biziberritu project has carried out a pilot experience that we want to share during the conference on June 20. In the session, the experiences of the centers that participated in the project will be shared and there will be time to reflect on experimentation and the benefits it has meant for children in Early Childhood Education and Primary Education.
PROGRAM
- 3:00 p.m. Welcome.
- 3:10 p.m. Presentation and theme of the day: “From the object to the world.”
- 3:20 p.m. Round table: “The faces of experimentation: science, creativity and play.” Olaia Miranda (University of the Basque Country), Xabier Arregi (Mondragon University) and Itziar Arregi (Mondragon University).
- 4:00 p.m. Experiences: The experiences of eight Early Childhood Education and Primary Education centers with business materials.
- 5:30 p.m. Small group debate: “What experimentation suggests to us.”
- 6:15 p.m. Share contributions.
- 6:30 p.m. General conclusions and closing remarks.