What does it mean to be a master today? And what does it mean to be one within theUniversità Campus Bio-Medico di RomaThe meeting held today, Friday 23 January, promoted by the Rectorate, attempted to answer these questions. UCBM by Title "The Meaning of Being a Master. The Rector's Orientation on the Professor's Identity UCBM", which involved the teaching community in an afternoon of listening, dialogue and sharing.
The Magnificent Rector opened the proceedings, teacher. Rocco Papalia, who invited those present to reread the role of the teacher as figure capable of combining scientific expertise, educational responsibility e personal testimonyA strong call to identity UCBM, founded on a vision of training that places the person, the relationship and the sense of service at the centre.
Alongside the Rector's reflection, the intervention of the Prof. Luis Romera, contact person for the Core Curriculum, offered a concrete look at how the "sense of being masters" can be translated into the design of study paths. The Core Curriculum has been presented as a privileged space in which to cultivate that integral formation that characterizes the experience UCBM, capable of connecting disciplinary knowledge, the ethical dimension and openness to the human and Christian meaning of knowledge.
After the first introductory part, the teachers met in working groups, guided by the facilitation of Letizia Carbonetti, on three main lines: the identity of the University, the evolution of the role of the teacher and the Christian-inspired contents in the educational programs. The comparison highlighted a strong awareness of the roots UCBM, together with the desire to preserve and renew them over time. The figure of the teacher clearly emerged as master, called not only to transmit knowledge, but to accompany students on a path of human, cultural and professional growth.
In his closing speech, Rector Papalia thanked the participants for the quality of the discussion and relaunched the commitment of theUniversità Campus Bio-Medico di Roma to continue this path of shared reflection, in the belief that the University's identity is built every day through the people who experience it.
