Professors Lurdes Martínez and Carol Nieva carried out a training, research and advisory stay at the School of Human Movement Sciences and Quality of Life (CIEMHCAVI) of the National University of Costa Rica (UNA), between September 18 and 26, 2025.
During this stay, they carried out knowledge transfer activities aimed at the teaching staff of the CIEMHCAVI Department, as well as the teachers of the School of Psychology and Preschool Education. They also offered training to students of the Baccalaureate in Human Movement at UNA, contributing to the academic and professional enrichment of all participants.
In addition, coordination has been established with members of the Psychomotor and Active Lifestyles Program (PSICOMI), which has allowed strengthening the lines of research shared with the Psychomotor Education Research Group (2021-SGR-0747) of the UAB. This collaboration has been a very enriching experience for all parties involved, as several ways have been consolidated to continue advancing together in the areas of training, knowledge transfer and research between UNA and UAB.
On April 10 and 17, 2026, the eleventh day of reflection and research will take place: Psicomotricidad y escuela, in collaboration with the ICE of the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.
We encourage you to participate as we are very happy with the success of the previous ten editions.
The Conference will have a theoretical flair such as conferences, dialogues and posters but above all it will be experiential, in which practical workshops will be developed in which the participants will be able to experience significant aspects of movement and the body, both for adults and children. Because of what they will assume transferable learning to current teaching practices.
This training is approved by the Department of Education and will be certified on ATRI space.
We are waiting for you!
PARTICIPATION IN THE XVII NATIONAL CONGRESS OF FORMATIVE AND SHARED EVALUATION IN EDUCATION (UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA).
On 26 and 27 June 2025, lecturers Lurdes Martínez, Carol Nieva and PhD student Néstor
Figueredo participated in the XVII National Congress of Formative and Shared Assessment in Education, developed at the University of Zaragoza (Huesca).
In this congress they presented the communication “El Practicum 2 del Grado de Educación Infantil en la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona”. In this communication they explained the experience carried out in the Practicum II subject of the Degree in Early Childhood Education (UAB), specifically on its methodology and evaluation process, showing that it is an effective, sustainable and replicable experience.
CHILDREN COME TO PLAY AT THE DEGREE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (UAB)
“Play and Movement” subject of the Degree in Early Childhood Education, the children of I4 from the Bellaterra School came to the two gymnasium rooms of the Faculty of Education Sciences of the UAB. In these rooms, the children played with the physical play scenarios that the students had designed for them and for them. This was the 4th year that we have held this and as always it has been a magnificent and rewarding experience for everyone!!!
GRAPHOMOTRICITY TRAINING FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS
Last April, Paco Cortés and Carol Nieva carried out a specific training on Graphomotricity from a body perspective, linked to play and movement. This training was organized by the Consell Esportiu del Baix Llobregat and attended by primary and secondary PE teachers.
The purpose of this training was to introduce them to the concept of graphomotricity and provide them with practical resources for the design of sessions on graphics and strokes within the area of PE and psychomotricity. Finally, the role of the adult and their accompaniment in relation to graphic proposals characterized by the presence of the body, expressiveness, play and creativity was reflected on.
This Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at 6 p.m., we will hold a free virtual talk about the 23rd edition of our Specialization Diploma in Psychomotor Development for 0-8 year olds, at the UAB Masters and Postgraduate Fair. You can sign up by entering this link:
We are waiting for you!
On February 24, 2025, the period for the Application for Admission, Registration and Enrolment towards the Specialisation Diploma in Psychomotor Development from 0 to 8 years old opens.
· Procedure: must be sent by email to carolina.nieva@uab.cat or lurdes.martinez@uab.cat
DOCUMENTATION TO SEND
– University Degree
– Curriculum Vitae (with photo)
– DNI (both sides and not expired) or passport
– A text/letter explaining the reasons why you want to study the postgraduate degree.
In the event that you have the certificate of Early Childhood Education Technician (TEI) or Superior Sports Technician (TSE) and have a minimum of 2 years of experience in an educational centre, you must attach:
Curriculum Vitae (with photo).
Certificate of higher training cycle qualification.
Employment contract or working life where it is proven that you have worked in a center with children.
National ID card (both sides and not expired) or passport.
A text/letter explaining the reasons why you want to take the Postgraduate.
Registration costs €30.32 (approximately) in registration fees that do not include the tuition fee and in the event that the student ultimately decides not to enroll (for whatever reason) they cannot be refunded.
Once registration is complete (attach documents and pay the fees), the postgraduate coordination and the UAB Postgraduate School will check that everything is correct. If so, the Postgraduate School will contact those interested via email with instructions for paying the tuition fee (which can only be made in a single payment).
In Eipea magazine number 17, our colleague Josep Rota has written the salutation. In it, he explains, from a very personal perspective, the relationship between Psychomotricity and Education.
We leave you the link to access the information that we have just told you about.
https://heyzine.com/flip-book/c79b455477.html#page/7
An article by our colleagues Francesc Porta and Lurdes Martínez has just been published in the Revista Retos 61.
This article is entitled “Diseño y validación de un registro sobre la evolucion del individuo en una intervención psicomotriz”.
We hope that this reading that we recommend will be of use to you and that you will like it.
Last Saturday, April 20, 2024, our colleague Núria Franch was at the University of Alicante presenting the communication “The inclusion of the outsider” within the “Relational psychomotor and educational inclusion” conference organized by Magalean.
Highlight a new article published by our colleagues Ana Catarina Neves-Menezes, Carol Nieva Boza and Lurdes Martínez-Mínguez about the symbolic game and the game dramatic in Early Childhood Education. It is published in Revista Entre Líneas, number 52.
It will surely be a good read for all of you!
ONLINE INFORMATIVE TALK “POSTGRAU DESENVOLUPAMENT PSICOMOTOR DE 0 A 8 ANYS”
22ª EDITION. COURSE 2024-25
Next Thursday, February 29 at 6:00 p.m. we will hold an online informative talk about Postgraduate Studies within the framework of the UAB’s “Virtual Fair of Postgraduates, Masters and Doctorates”.
In this virtual space we will present virtually and live the Postgraduate Psychomotor Development from 0 to 8 years, since we want to hold the 22nd edition next academic year 2024-25.
In order to participate in the informative talk, you must register in advance at the following link:
If you want more information about the postgraduate course, you can find it on this website in the “Training” tab. We wait for you!!
We have a new article published in 2024! In this case, in the Retos magazine, Mary Carmen González André and Lurdes Martínez-Minguez.
We leave you the summary of the article with the title “Correlación entre action, representation y cognición en las sesiones de psicomotricidad de educación infantil: Análisis cuantitativo”.
This article is the result of research carried out at three schools: Escola Agustí Bartra of Terrassa, Escola Itaca of Manresa and Escola Pau Casals of Vacarisses where the children’s experiences towards the support of the psychomotor therapist are analysed. It is directed and produced by Estrella Masabeu, Núria Franch and Josep Rota.
Lurdes Martínez Mínguez from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, I have been as an intern from November 16 to 25, 2023 at the School of Human Movement Sciences and Quality of Life, through the Psychomotor and Active Lifestyles Program.
I have developed both teaching and research and transfer activities.
As a teacher, I have given talks aimed at the teaching staff of the Department of Human Movement Sciences and Quality of Life, as well as for students studying Physical Education, Human Movement Sciences and Preschool Education. The diversity of teachers and students from different courses and subjects has favored the exchange of perspectives and teaching methodologies.
In the afternoons I have been able to share my experience and theoretical and practical knowledge with internship students and teachers from the CIUNA school.
I have also carried out a Training activity with the staff of the Ministry of Public Education of Costa Rica and with the national and regional coordination of the National Directorate of Education and Nutrition Centers and Early Childhood Care Centers. It was a very emotional experience in a school with many teachers that allowed me to get to know the school context of schools for boys and girls up to 12 years old.
Specifically, the topics of the talks and activities carried out have referred to:
• Psychomotor achievements and challenges currently.
• Psychomotor development in children from 0 to 3 years old.
• Psychomotor development in children from 0 to 6 years old.
• The role of the psychomotor specialist in the psychomotor session (part 1).
• The role of the psychomotor specialist in the psychomotor session (part 2).
• Graphics from psychomotor skills.
• Psychomotor skills as a tool for childhood development (professionals from public institutions in Costa Rica).
As research, work sessions have been held to exchange, discuss and define new lines and national and international research projects in the psychomotor discipline, between the Psychomotor Education Research Group of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and researchers. of the PSICOMI Program. As a result of the work carried out, joint thematic research priorities have been established between the two groups of researchers: childhood, adults (teaching bodies) and core institutions and populations that will allow growth and recognition of Psychomotor Skills in Costa Rica.
Another work carried out has been to advise the members of the PSICOMI Program in the preparation of a study plan to put together a Postgraduate Degree in Educational Psychomotor Skills, in order to be offered as soon as possible at this School and University of Costa Rica.
Last November 12 of 2023, at the Luzaro Eskola Conference, colleagues Estrella Masabeu, Núria Franch and Josep Rota presented the research work “los niños hablan, escuchemos”.
Using a qualitative methodology, the oral representations of 4- to 5-year-old children were analyzed.
A presentation that aims to claim Research in Education and the full recognition of Psychomotor as a profession.
We extend the applications for registration to the Postgraduate in
Psychomotor development from 0 to 8 years,
to the Child Education Technicians and the Superior Sports Technicians.
Are you a technician in Early Childhood Education or Senior Sports Technician and you want to train in the Postgraduate in Psychomotor Education for 0 to 8 years old (UAB)?
Next year 2023-2024 we will hold the 21st edition of the Postgraduate course in “Psychomotor Development from 0 to 8 years” of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and we think that this training can help you deepen your understanding of the world of psychomotor skills at the educational stage infantile
This 21st edition of the Postgraduate will be the 1st time that TEI and TSD students will be able to obtain the psychomotorist title. As a requirement to sign up, you must certify that you have professional experience with children, at least 3 years old.
If you want more information on this website you will find everything you need. You only have to click on the “Training” tab and then enter “Diploma of Specialization in Psychomotor Development from 0 to 8 years”.
However, if you have any doubts, you can send an email to: Carolina.nieva@uab.cat
Come on, let’s start on September 26!
We are waiting for you!!!
PARTICIPATION IN THE XV NATIONAL CONGRESS ON FORMATIVE AND SHARED EVALUATION IN EDUCATION (SEGOVIA).
On June 27 and 28, 2023, professors Lurdes Martínez and Carol Nieva will participate in the XV National Congress of Formative and Shared Evaluation in Education, held at the Faculty of Education in Segovia.
In this conference they will present the communication “The creation of corporal play scenarios and the role of Formative Evaluation: an example of good practice at the level of Early Childhood Education”. In this communication they will explain the experience carried out in the subject of Play and Movement, of the 4th year of the Degree in Child Education (UAB), where the children of a nearby school come to play with physical play scenarios, in the gymnasium of the Faculty of Education Sciences; these scenarios have been designed by the students themselves and they are the ones who will accompany the children in their spontaneous and free place.
PUBLICATION OF THE BOOK
Psychomotricity. Pikler, Lapierre, Aucouturier and UAB connected differences.
Since May, of 2023 you can access this book prepared by the members and collaborators of GREP where the main contributions are gathered in the approach to the accompaniment of psychomotor development and its concretion in psychomotricity sessions.
III DAY “BUILDING SCHOOL-UNIVERSITY BRIDGES (ARMIF-Practicum).
Last April 28th of 2023, professors Lurdes Martínez (UAB), Carol Nieva (UAB), Lluis Nogué (UdG) and student Míriam Mérida (UdG) attended the III CONSTRUYENDO PUENTES SCHOOL-UNIVERSITY conference. Results and transfer of the ARMIF-Practicum research projects (2017-2020), carried out at the Faculty of Education and Psychology of the University of Girona.
In this conference we present the project “Self-evaluation of students’ skills and professional development of teachers.” Improvement of teaching practice and innovation working for university-school co-tutored psychomotor learning projects” (ARMIF-2017), coordinated by Lurdes Martínez.
In this project, 4 universities (UAB, UdG, UVic and Unizar) have participated in which 4 innovation projects have been carried out with the aim of improving the professional psychomotor skills of the student, starting from the union of university and school.
TEACHER TRAINING IN ARGENTA (ITALY)
During the week of May 15 to 19 of 2023, teachers Lurdes Martínez and Carol Nieva will participate in a pedagogical training held in the municipality of Argenta (Italy).
During these training days, they visited childcare centers from 0 to 3 years old and learned about the general functioning of Argenta’s children’s service, its pedagogical and educational project, the general functioning of the family care service, etc.
It was a very interesting experience in which they also shared much knowledge with teachers from educational cycles for children in the Spanish state.
