Core Competencies and Physical Education: Development in Youth
T5 – Core Competencies Developed by the End of Compulsory Education
Core competencies are those competencies that a youth must have developed by the end of compulsory education to achieve:
- Personal fulfillment
- Active citizenship
- Successful entry into adulthood
- The ability to develop lifelong learning throughout their life
Aims
- Integrate different learning experiences.
- Apply them to various types of content.
- Use them in different contexts.
- Orient education as an imperative.
Characteristics in each area include
Read MoreMastering English: Curriculum Units for Language Teachers
Unit 1: Language as Communication
Having said that, I will move on to the development of Unit 1. This unit is divided into 5 blocks:
- The first part to start with is language as communication.
- Later on, I will focus on the differences, characteristics, and pedagogical implications of oral and written language.
- Last but not least, I will explain the factors that define a communicative situation: addresser, addressee, context, purpose, topic, channel, code, and register.
- To end up, I will conclude with
Diversity and Innovation in 20th Century Children’s Books
Widening Worlds: Greater Diversity in Children’s Books
Characters, Authors, and Books
20th-century children’s literature was marked by increased diversity in both characters and authors. Earlier popular children’s books such as Hugh Lofting’s The Story of Doctor Dolittle (1920) and Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) have since been judged racist. Most children’s literature prior to the 20th century embodied a White ideology that was reflected in both the text and illustrations.
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Key Differences Between Children Under and Over Seven in Language Learning
Children Under Seven
- Acquire English through hearing and experiencing, similar to their first language acquisition.
- Learn through play and doing; learning new words is incidental.
- Enjoy playing with language sounds, imitating, and making funny noises.
- Are not able to organize their learning; they often don’t realize they are learning a foreign language.
- May not be able to read or write in their native language; recycle new words
Intertextuality and Literary Education in Childhood
Intertextuality: The Reader’s Role
Intertextuality is a component of literary competence that provides discursive linkages between texts. It integrates into the degrees of textual assimilation and forms of perception of each reader (personal, academic, critical). It also encourages active participation in the text and fosters personal aesthetics as activation. The reader is important in intertextuality because they survey and promote partnerships between formal textual elements and cultural discussions.
Read MoreEffective Educational Programs: Planning and Development
Educational Programs: Planning, Development, and Evaluation
Educational programs are the specific instruments for planning, developing, and evaluating each of the curricular areas. They make concrete the objectives, content, different elements of the methodology, and the criteria and procedures developed for evaluation by each teacher, team, application, and cycle.
Development schedules consistent with the educational project, coordination, and balance of your application between the different groups
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