Full Name
Mar Cano
Speaker Bio
Currently an Eduknowmad, a 360 life-long, life-wide and life-deep learner, in an ongoing evolving professional journey. She advocates for change through mindshifts from a more humanistic learning paradigm where people collaborate in teams.
She earned two degrees (Teaching English a foreign language for pre-school and primary education in the University of Barcelona and King's College London, and English Philology in the University of Barcelona, University of Birmingham and University of Manchester) and two masters (MA in Construction and Representation of Cultural Identities and MA in Educational Research and Change in the University of Barcelona). Besides her studies, her eagerness and curiosity led her to travel and live enriching learning experiences in educational ecosystems from around the world (Finland, England, Bali, the USA –Boston, San Diego–, Colombia, Tanzania and India).
Initially, she started her teaching career focused on the teaching and learning of English as a foreign language from preschool to high school for about 20 years. Her teaching quickly evolved from a discipline-centered to a more globalizing competency-based approach to guide the holistic development of lifelong learners. At the same time, she also coordinated teams within the pedagogical field and was involved in innovation teams taking different roles, as head of the Departments of Foreign Languages, Pedagogical Coordinator or Educational Expert in Catalonia, Spain.
With time, she has moved into training, facilitating and guiding educators, professors and even educational council officers to offer more meaningful and deeper learning experiences within and outside the walls of educational institutions. Also, she has collaborated with different entities and organizations in other types of educational projects, especially those related to education for sustainable development, 360 education for all, equity in education, and lifelong learning towards the transformation of societies glocally.
She earned two degrees (Teaching English a foreign language for pre-school and primary education in the University of Barcelona and King's College London, and English Philology in the University of Barcelona, University of Birmingham and University of Manchester) and two masters (MA in Construction and Representation of Cultural Identities and MA in Educational Research and Change in the University of Barcelona). Besides her studies, her eagerness and curiosity led her to travel and live enriching learning experiences in educational ecosystems from around the world (Finland, England, Bali, the USA –Boston, San Diego–, Colombia, Tanzania and India).
Initially, she started her teaching career focused on the teaching and learning of English as a foreign language from preschool to high school for about 20 years. Her teaching quickly evolved from a discipline-centered to a more globalizing competency-based approach to guide the holistic development of lifelong learners. At the same time, she also coordinated teams within the pedagogical field and was involved in innovation teams taking different roles, as head of the Departments of Foreign Languages, Pedagogical Coordinator or Educational Expert in Catalonia, Spain.
With time, she has moved into training, facilitating and guiding educators, professors and even educational council officers to offer more meaningful and deeper learning experiences within and outside the walls of educational institutions. Also, she has collaborated with different entities and organizations in other types of educational projects, especially those related to education for sustainable development, 360 education for all, equity in education, and lifelong learning towards the transformation of societies glocally.
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