Thematic Areas
Six thematic areas for research, experiences, innovations and reflections connected to real educational contexts.
Congress thematic areas
1. Curriculum and Assessment for Learning
This area brings together research, experiences and innovations related to curriculum design, implementation, management and evaluation in diverse educational contexts. It particularly welcomes proposals aimed at strengthening teaching and learning processes, formative and authentic assessment, feedback and the use of evidence for pedagogical decision-making.
Suggested topics
- Curriculum design, management and alignment.
- Planning for learning.
- Formative and authentic assessment for learning.
- Effective feedback for learning.
- Design of assessment instruments and criteria.
- Evidence analysis and data-informed pedagogical decision-making.
- Development of skills and competencies.
2. Inclusion, Diversity and Educational Justice
This area addresses research, experiences and reflections aimed at ensuring access, participation, learning and recognition of diversity across educational levels and contexts. It includes perspectives related to special educational needs, disability, neurodiversity, interculturality, sexual and gender diversity, high abilities, accessibility and other dimensions linked to equity and educational justice.
Suggested topics
- Educational inclusion of students with special educational needs (SEN).
- Curricular accommodations and diversified teaching.
- Neurodiversity and autism in educational contexts.
- Inclusion of international students and interculturality.
- Sexual and gender diversity in education.
- High abilities and twice-exceptionality.
- Restorative justice and students in conflict with the law.
- Disability and educational accessibility.
3. School Climate, Well-being, and Socioemotional Development
This area includes work focused on educational coexistence, well-being and socio-emotional processes that shape the life of educational communities. It includes studies and interventions on school climate, mental health, interpersonal relationships, violence prevention, conflict management, socio-emotional learning, emotional regulation and care and support strategies.
Suggested topics
- School climate and educational climate.
- Mental health in educational contexts.
- Teacher and student well-being.
- Pedagogical relationships and educational interactions.
- Prevention of school violence.
- Conflict management in educational contexts.
- Bullying, cyberbullying and discrimination.
- Care and self-care strategies.
- Socio-emotional learning.
- Emotional and behavioral dysregulation.
- Co-regulation and emotional support.
4. Educational Management
This area brings together work related to the management, organization and improvement of educational institutions. It includes research, experiences and proposals on school and institutional management, team development and support, professional learning communities, education policy, change management and school-family-community engagement.
Suggested topics
- School and institutional management.
- Educational and school improvement.
- Support and development of teaching teams.
- Education policy and change management.
- Professional learning communities.
- School, family and community engagement.
5. Technology and Innovation in Education
This area addresses the critical, creative and appropriate use of technologies and innovative strategies to enrich educational processes. It includes research and experiences on educational technology, artificial intelligence, digital citizenship and literacy, resource design, active methodologies, curricular, pedagogical and assessment innovation, as well as educational transformation processes that do not necessarily require technological mediation.
Suggested topics
- Educational technology and artificial intelligence in education.
- Pedagogical, curricular and assessment innovation.
- Digital citizenship and ethical use of technology.
- Digital literacy.
- Educational resource design.
- Active learning methodologies.
- Educational innovation without technological mediation.
- Transformation of pedagogical practices.
6. Education, Gender, and Sexuality
This area brings together research, experiences and reflections that analyse educational processes from perspectives of gender, sexuality, rights and inclusion. It includes work on comprehensive sexuality education, gender and curriculum, prevention of violence and discrimination, stereotypes and bias, sex-gender diversity and related education policies.
Suggested topics
- Education from a gender perspective.
- Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE).
- Gender, sexuality and curriculum.
- Prevention of gender-based violence.
- Discrimination, stereotypes and bias in education.
- Education policies on gender and sexuality.