Up to five different modalities, a more flexible approach, more for universities than secondary, as well as some continuity, more philosophy – yes here – and also many things that need to be clarified by autonomous communities. The new undergraduate is a mix of important changes and subjects that remain the same, as explained by Secretary of State for Education Alejandro Tiana.
The curriculum covers 60% of the content (50% for communities with their own official language) to be completed by autonomous communities and will be effective from the following year in the first and subsequent years (2023-2024). ) In another. The new teaching order allows the student, among other innovations, to obtain the title of unsuccessful subject under certain conditions.
The ministry is aware that the new education law has sparked a great deal of social debate, and Tiana explained that there is a significant “change in school culture” that is “sometimes not easy to explain”. However, he assured that “it is a feeling that teachers feel more or less comfortable with this [que estamos proponiendo] “And that does not surprise him.” “The school curriculum is not a syllabus,” he said of the criticism.
These are some of the changes that were approved by the Council of Ministers on Tuesday.
The new undergraduate course offers to create five routes where there were three before: science and technology are maintained on the one hand and the humanities and social sciences on the other; Developing art that now has a track of music and performing arts and another track of plastic art, imagery and design; And a fifth route is created, called the General, in the middle of the road between one and the other.
This latest modality, General, is the biggest news. It is designed, as Tiana explained, for people who either do not want to close the door on a specialty, or intend to pursue a degree in vocational training or training cycles that are not related to any other route such as economics, tourism or be a national police officer.
The problem with this wide range of offerings, many principals say, is that it will further atomize the student body and make it more organizationally challenging for the centers. In addition, not all institutions currently offer all three ways; Nothing makes a person think that they will do it beyond the big five cities or centers where a lot of students are concentrated.
Common subjects for students of all modalities of the first will be: physical education; Philosophy; Spanish Language and Literature I – in Communities with Other Languages, Co-Official Language and Literature I – and Foreign Language I.
In the case of a sophomore, all students must pass a history of philosophy; History of Spain; Spanish Language and Literature II and Common Language and Literature II in Communities with Other Languages; And Foreign Language II.
From here, each modality includes other subjects on its own (usually one of two must be chosen) and then the student must end his / her career with two other subjects per course, in addition to the electives offered by each autonomous community.
Two of the news related to the subjects stand out: at this point, a philosophy has been strengthened that will be mandatory for everyone in both courses, and history will no longer be universal in the second year (now includes prehistory, though there are topics that intersect).
One of the most controversial points of the new law: the curricula do not generally contain the list of knowledge that students have to learn (although the degree of clarity varies between subjects). This change in relation to Lomce, to the last heavily acclaimed, has led to criticism from all sectors of the Ministry towards the Ministry for leaving key questions in the curriculum according to these versions of the curriculum.
Secretary of State for Education Alejandro Tiana clarified this Monday that part of the confusion is due to the fact that the curricula prepared by the Ministry of Education now do not take care of this. Together with Lomche he broke Department No. 2, the previous government had established a system in which there were several common subjects for the whole of Spain, developed by the central government and described in as much detail as possible, and another series that corresponded. Communities.
But now the ministry is not preparing a curriculum “that suits the communities.” The central government, Tiana explains, is implementing 50% of the curriculum, which regional governments now have to complete. The minimum teaching ordinances that education developed and affirmed – at one level – “do not set the minimum that students should know, but the minimum that communities should take into account” in developing their decrees, which education says. Must contain specific content.
Thus, ministry texts address the core competencies that students should have at the end of their undergraduate studies. These competencies are general and transverse, they do not correspond to the subjects. They are multilingual competencies; Competence in science, technology and engineering; Digital competence; Personal, social and teaching-learning competence; Citizen competence; Entrepreneurial competence; And cultural awareness and expression competence.
The text explains what it consists of and what each student should know about it.
To achieve these key competencies, specific competencies emerge in the text, which Tiana defines as “the way to achieve key competencies in each subject.” This is where it begins to specify where a little is set to be achieved, and these specific competencies are a little more specific in basic knowledge, which is the sum of knowledge, skills (strategies, problem solving) and inclinations. (tion search, objectivity in data processing) “.
But, as Tiana pointed out, once more general education curricula are approved, communities will need to study in detail. He insisted that “knowledge does not disappear” and when asked by some groups of teachers about the criticism that the content is being dismantled, he explained that there are issues that have changed and need more elaboration (he cites examples: tion Technology and Communication, ICT , Which are diluted in several subjects, as environmental sustainability was previously in science, but now it is scattered).
The organization of teaching will be similar to that of the university, as explained by the Secretary of State, who commented that until now the bachelor’s was more like a compulsory secondary course treatment.
Included in this line is the possibility of obtaining a degree in the event of a failed subject, but with certain conditions that are generalized by the fact that the student will not be able to Will Subject and wait for passing it: in other subjects you should have more than 5 average grades, you should try to attend the lesson and do the work, etc. Just like when compensation is demanded for a university degree, Tiana explained.
Other issues, such as the transition from the first to the second with two failures or only the repetition of failed subjects in the second in case of need for another year, remain the same as they are now, as well as the assessment: continuous and differentiated by subjects. Each teacher decides.
Another novelty in terms of organizing learning is that certain groups who can not devote full time to undergraduate studies, such as elite athletes, will be able to do so in three courses.
Lomloe’s development work is not completed with the approval of CVs. The Ministry of Education is already working on several more ordinances, according to department sources. Among the ones that will pass the Council of Ministers are the specialties that command which teacher can teach which subject; Establishing and approving centers that, among other things, should regulate the minimum characteristics of institutions in order to offer undergraduate modality; Or for a university entrance exam, which will be among the first to be ready for the first students in September to learn about the changes to be implemented, as Tiana explains.
Source: El Diario
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