Identificación de prácticas para promover el desarrollo del carácter en contextos residenciales universitarios: el caso de los Colegios Mayores.

Juan Pablo Dabdoud González; Aitor Rodríguez Salaverría; Marvin W. Berkowitz

doi:10.22550/REP81-1-2023-09

Authors

Juan Pablo Dabdoud González Universidad de Navarra.
Aitor Rodríguez Salaverría Universidad de Navarra.
Marvin W. Berkowitz Universidad de Missouri-St. Louis.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22550/REP81-1-2023-09

Keywords:

Character development, Colegios Mayores, Communities of Practice, character education, residence halls, higher education, university

Abstract

In recent years, several initiatives have attempted to integrate character education in universities. However, it is difficult at the university level to find initiatives aimed at generating communities in which their climate or culture contribute to character development, a relatively common approach at the school level in the character education movement. University residential centers may be an ideal setting for generating such communities. However, studies, guides, or programs along these lines are scarce or non-existent. A case worthy of study is that of Colegios Mayores, university residential communities in Spain with a centuries-old tradition that aim to contribute to the integral development of students. However, the literature on the educational dimension of this institution is also scarce and outdated. Contributing to outline its educational dimension, this study reports the results of a survey of directors of Colegios Mayores. The aims of this study are to: 1) explore whether the community of Colegios Mayores agrees in considering six practices as characteristic of this institution; 2) explore the level of implementation of each one of them; and 3) explore if the way in which the community members are involved in these practices responds to the social learning model of Communities of Practice proposed by Etienne Wenger. The questionnaire was answered by 19 directors, representing 15.2% of the population (N=125). Based on the results, it is reasonable to affirm that most directors of Colegios Mayores: 1) consider that the six practices proposed are characteristic of this institution; 2) already implement these practices in their centers; and 3) consider that the Communities of Practice model reflects the way in which the collegial community engages in these practices.

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Author Biographies

Juan Pablo Dabdoud González, Universidad de Navarra.

is Lecturer at the School of Education and Psychology of the Universidad de Navarra, where he defended his doctoral dissertation in 2019. He is member of the Education, Citizenship, and Character Research Group since 2015, Secretary of the Association of Moral Education since 2021, and founder and co-Director of University Communities for Charcater Development. His lines of research focus on the theory and practice of character education, educational leadership, and the design, implementation, and assessment of interventions that promote character development. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3750-0685

Aitor Rodríguez Salaverría, Universidad de Navarra.

is a doctoral student at the School of Education and Psychology of the Universidad de Navarra, where he obtained his M.A. in Globalization and Social Integration Law in 2011. His research focuses on studying how to promote character development in university contexts. He collaborates closely with the Education, Citizenship and Character Research Group since 2019 and is and founder and co-Director of University Communities for Character Development. He has been a Director and consultant of Colegios Mayores since 2011. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9894-2917

Marvin W. Berkowitz, Universidad de Missouri-St. Louis.

is the first Sanford N. McDonnell Endowed Professor of Character Education and co-Director of the Center for Character & Citizenship at the University of Missouri-St. Louis since 1998. His research focuses on character education, moral development, and educational leadership. He is founder and co-editor of the Journal of Character Education and founder of the Center for Addiction and Behavioral Health Research in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4335-6405

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