In September 2026, the ISCAR Iberia Conference took place in Madrid, organised within the framework of the International Society for Cultural-Historical Activity Research (ISCAR). The conference brought together researchers to share research findings and discuss different issues related to learning, development, and educational processes.
Several members of the LEARNER project team participated in the conference with the presentation of the paper “What Helps Students in the Final Years of Primary and Compulsory Secondary Education Feel Capable of Learning? Students’ and Teachers’ Perspectives on Learner Identity”, by Eugenia Gutiérrez-Bermejo, Andrea Soto-Díaz, and Elena Martín Ortega (Autonomous University of Madrid), and Mariana Solari Maccabelli (University of Extremadura).
The aim of this presentation was to identify “which specific elements have contributed to the construction of more or less enabling learner identities among students in the final years of primary and compulsory secondary education, exploring differences and similarities”, drawing on the perspectives of students and teachers.
In addition, Veda Krüger (Autonomous University of Barcelona), also a member of the LEARNER project team, participated in the conference with a presentation related to her doctoral research, entitled “The Welfare State in the Face of Educational Inequality: Reconceptualising Wellbeing and Sense of Belonging among Secondary School Students in the Community of Madrid”.