The Faculty of Education at the University of La Laguna will host the Momentum conference on June 8th and 9th, 2026: Recovering the pedagogical impulse. Rethinking the common, a space for reflection and pedagogical dialogue promoted by the ULL Social Innovation Laboratory (LabINS ULL) and the Critical Pedagogy research group (PEDACRI).
The conference will feature the participation of renowned Argentine educator and writer Dr. Carlos Skliar, one of the most important voices in contemporary educational thought in the Ibero-American sphere.

In a context marked by acceleration, uncertainty, and the increasing technologization of educational discourse, Momentum proposes reclaiming pedagogy as an ethical, democratic, and public experience. The event arises from the desire to raise fundamental questions about the meaning of education today, the role of schools in contemporary democracies, and the need to rethink the educational relationship beyond purely technical or instrumental approaches.

Program

Monday, June 8

• Seminar-debate: “Time and education: the challenges of educating in uncertain times”
  A space aimed at the faculty and students of the Faculty of Education to reflect on uncertainty, the crisis of meaning and the current challenges of education.
• Training workshop: “The problems of our time and education in the 21st century”
  Participatory activity focused on contemporary issues such as digital violence, adolescent loneliness, or the construction of pedagogical responses from the common and social perspective.

Tuesday, June 9

• Conversation: “Confusions and deviations: a necessary re-semanticization of Pedagogy”
  Meeting between Carlos Skliar and ULL faculty to discuss public policies, pedagogical identity and the role of education in today's society.
  Participants:
  • Dr. Mª Lourdes (Kory) González-Luis
  • Dr. Javier Marrero Acosta
  • Dr. Pedro Perera Méndez
  • Dr. Juan José Sosa Alonso
    Moderator: Prof. Mónica Dios Rodríguez

• Training workshop: “School and the construction of democratic culture”
  A space for work and reflection on the school as a place of coexistence, critical thinking and democratic construction.
•  Presentation of publications:
  Closing of the conference with the presentation of the latest publications by Carlos Skliar and the PEDACRI team.

The sessions are coordinated by PEDACRI researchers Mónica D. Dios Rodríguez, pedagogical director of LabINS ULL and professor at the University of La Laguna, and Pedro Perera Méndez, professor at the University of La Laguna.