Education in Spain

1. Education in Spain Sarah Froehlich Spanish and Elementary Education Major

2. Purpose • This project will research the education system in Spain as well as projects that support education • This power point will also provided a brief overview of the country One of the gardens at the Alhambra Palace in Granada The city of Toledo

3. Geography of Spain • Fairly flat with some mountainous regions • Total area 505,370 sq km • Capitol is Madrid Kilometer Zero in Madrid Left: not far from the city of Madrid, Right: near the city of Seville

4. Government • Parliamentary monarchy • King is Juan Carlos I • 17 autonomous states Royal Palace in Madrid

5. Economy • Three main products- agricultural, industrial and services • Agricultural products include grains and olives • Exports $303.8 Billion Olive trees on by the road on the way to Granada

6. Language • Spanish • Castilian Spanish (official) 74% • Catalan 17% • Galician 7% • Basque 2% • Catalan is official in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and the Valencian Community (where it is known as Valencian); in the northwest corner of Catalonia (Valld'Aran), Aranese is official along with Catalan; Galician is official in Galicia; Basque is official in the Basque Country

7. Religion • 94% is Roman Catholic • 6% is other • Heavily influenced by the Arab world Photos are from La Mezquita in Cordoba

8. Education • Inclusive Educational System • Designed to provided educational care that promotes the maximum development possible of all students and cohesion of all members of the community. • System was created by the Law of Education in 2006 • If a child joins the education system late the are placed according to their educational characteristics and are provided continual educational support

9. Primary Education • Comprises three cycles of two years each, total of six academic courses, which will ordinarily be followed between six and twelve years of age. • Intended to provide an education that will help the acquisition of the basic cultural elements, learning, oral expression, reading, writing and arithmetic calculation • Primary education will help students to: • Use appropriately the Castilian language and the official language of the autonomous community. • Understand and express simple messages in a foreign language • Apply simple calculations, logical procedures and basic operations to everyday situations • The skills enabling them to act with autonomy in the family and domestic sphere, as well as in the social groups to which they relate. • Appreciate the basic values governing life and human coexistence and to act in accordance with them. • Use different means of artistic expression and representation • Know the fundamental characteristics of their physical, social and cultural environment and the possibilities of action in it. • Rating the hygiene and health of your own body, as well as the conservation of nature and being environmentally friendly. • Use physical education and sport to promote personal development.

10. Secondary Education • Known in Spain as Obligatory Secondary Education and consists of four academic course to be completed between the ages of 12-16 • It is organized in accordance with the principles of common education and attention to the diversity of the student body • Ensure that all acquire the basic elements of culture: humanistic, artistic, scientific, and technological. • Develop and strengthen study and work habits • Prepare for later studies and their employability • Train everyone to exercise their rights and obligations as a citizen • Can repeat a maximum of two courses and remain until 18 years old, but parents and student decide when the student is 16 • Curriculum • Competent educational authorities in each autonomous community establish compulsory secondary education curriculum (the set of objectives, basic skills, teaching methods and criteria of evaluation of education)

11. Universities • Very similar to the U.S. • Technical universities, public and private universities • Oldest University is the University of Salamanca • Founded in 1281

12. MUS-e ® program • A program that collaborates with teachers and is carried out by professional artists through workshops • theater, dance, music, plastic arts, circus, traditional martial arts, yoga, magic • Main Objective • to include social, cultural and education of boys and girls, prevent violence and racism, encourage tolerance and the encounter between cultures, strengthen the development of creative abilities of students and intercultural enrichment • This program is in 118 Educational Centers and has benefited 19,500 children

13. Hispano-Marroquí • This program teaches the Arabic language and the Moroaccan Culture. • This program is for Morrocan students living in cities in Spain. • This program is also to help students intergrate into the Spanish education system. • The goal of this program is to create an education that is intercultural.

14. Pueblo Gritano • This a program that the Ministry of Education put together to work with the Gypsy Program • This program develops a series of performances to attract the attention of the Roma people through partnerships, studies, publications, materials and meetings • The main objective is to provide a quality education at all levels and to provide support of this group.

15. Educ@ble • Run by the Madrileña Foundations of Telecommunications • For youth ages 9-12 to learn basic pc skills, how to navigate the internet, look for information • Chat with college students about various subjects, • This program also teaches children how to become reporters for their online newspapers.

16. Future of Education • More programs to help integrate students of different ethnic groups into the Spanish education system • Programs for Portuguese students and Moroccan students • Programs for the Roma population • Programs will become better and will work towards ensure a quality education at all levels for all students.

17. Predictions of Education in Spain • Education reform • Revise the secondary education • Revises some of the courses so if students want to stay until they are 18 there will be different courses and they won’t have to repeat classes • Might develop a common core of educational standards • So that the autonomous states are more similar but still allow them to change the curriculum to fit the needs of the community.

18. Future of the Ethnic Groups • World is getting smaller • Will become harder for nomadic groups like the Roma people to continue living as they do • Eventually will have to have more programs to help mainstream Roma students into the Spanish Education System. Many Roma people still live in caves in the hills outside of the city of Granada

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20. References (cont) Tiana, A. Moya, J. Luengo, F. (2011). Implementing Key Competences in Basic Education: Reflections on Curriculum Design and Development in Spain. European Journal of Education, 46 (3), 307-322. Berrio, J. R., Rabaza, T., Ramos, S. (2006) The Reception of New Education in Spain by means of Manuals on the History of Education for Teacher Training Colleges (1898–1976). PaedagogicaHistorica. 42 (1),127-141. Boni, A., Perez-Foguet, A. (2008). Introducing Development Education in Technical Universities: Successful Experiences in Spain. European Journal of Engineering Education, 33 (3), 343-354. Otero, M.S., Whitworth, A.(2006). Equality in Higher Education in Spain and the UK: Mismatch between Rhetoric and Policy? Higher Education Quarterly, 60 (2), 167-186. Rodriquez-Conde, M.J., Olmosl M.S., Perochena Gonzalez, P., Herera Garcia, E. (2011). Moral Education and Improvement of Coexistence in Secondary Education (12-16 Years) in Spain. US-China Education Review 8 (1), 98-102. Many of the photos are from my trip to Spain in April 2010.