Facilitator!!!

Hello, I´m Eva Garcia and this week I have been the facilitator so I´m going to explain the activity of this week.

This week we have to create an imaginary school, so we had to have much imagination. 

In the beginning, we have had many problems to agree and the star of this week didn´t help us much, because she was the authoritarian manager (because she had to behave that way) , but we have finally managed to agree and we have got a nice school. 

Our school named "La Paz" was a public school where there were children of all different nationalities. This is a school where students speak Spanish but gradually is becoming bilingual. We also create days of living with the whole school day such as peace day or pool day,  because it is very important the conviviality among students in our school so that all students can integrate. As for the center's facilities aren´t luxurious but there are sufficient facilities such as one digital whiteboard per class, one ipad per class and 10 computers per class more or less depending on the number of students. 

It's been fun to create our own school and decide all facilities, activities and type of students that would have and this week has been a novelty because the stars weren´t exposed the activity but the activity has been exposed by two people of their group.

Hi followers! This week Lola and me have been the stars. We have explained the different types of leadership. Leadership is not only important to be director but to be teachers, depending of the kind of people that you are working with it will be better stablish one type of leadership and not others. You can see our presentation below: 

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The star of the week!

Hello, I'm Alba and this week I've been the star of the group. On monday's class we did a very interesting activity. Linda, talked with all the stars in private and said us that we had to explain the activity to our group. We had to act as directors, and each star was a type of director. I was the authotritarian type, so at first it sounds a bit difficult for me, because I am not this way at all. I was very nervous because I thought that my classmates were going to get angry. I explained them the task we had to do, and they asked me several questions but I only said that we had to start working without any more explanation, because we were wasting our time. 

Then, we started to design our school.

This is … OUR SCHOOL

It is a public school and whose name is “La Paz”. Although our school is a Spanish centre, step by step we are trying to be a bilingual school.

Students: 

They are from different nationalities and there are more or less 300 students.

Their socioeconomic status is medium-low.

Technology: 

Our school is trying to introduce the use of ICT in the students.

There is for each class one digital whiteboard.

The majority of the families are not introduce into technologies because of the lack of resources.

The school inform parents by web about school issues.

Activities of the school:

-Sports day

-Peace day

-Pool day

-Carnival

*AMPA contribute to perform all the activities.

Resources of the school:

-Dining room

-Play ground

- Library

-Computer room

- Digital whiteboards.

 Extracurricular activities:

- Maths

- English

- Relation with different subject

-Gym

Festivities:

-Easter week

- Constitution

-Christmas

- 9^th of October

Language of school: Students talk in Spanish but there are different subject in Valenciano.

Like I said before, “La Paz” is a primary school, so there are three cycles.

Documents of the centre: LOE, PEC, PCC, PGA.

Projects of the centre: English Course for teacher and students because the school want a bilingual program.  

    

Class of special education:   There are 8 students with different problems. Five specialists work with them.

Finally, one day of the week there is a STORYTELLER.

Our school wants to improve learning by discovering.

Facilitator facilitating information!

Hello everyone!! I'm Trini, the facilitator this week.

As you know,  my role is about organice all that matters in our group to finally get a good team work but this time the main responsability was for the stars. They have to be prepared to answer questions about the different topics of the "Changes in The Spanish Educational System" we have worked in class.

But this is pretty booring seeing it like that, isn't it?

So,  for this reason, Linda choose a game called Snakes and Ladders to make it more dynamic. Here it is! 

Even though the stars were the only ones who can participate, we, as a group, had decided to stay by them to cheer them whatever it happened.

Linda explain to us that we have to follow the board depending of the number that appear in the dice. But there is something we must take in mind! If we fall in a ladder we can go up and take a great advance to win the game but......... if we fall in the sanke's head we will go down untill the end of the sanke's cue.

Our stars took a sit next to the other gruop' stars and the game started. We were one of the first one to roll the dice, the rest of teh group were so expectating but unfortunatelly we were not so lucky but not at the begginig only, we were not lucky in the whole game. We don't fall into any ladder and rolling the dice we always get lower numbers.

As probably you have supposed, we didn't win. The rest of the group and I were a fustrated and our stars Miriam and Maria were upset for doing such a big effort and not win anything. Even though, we talked with them and tell that we were so proud of their work and that we will continue working to learn about the subject and pass it. 

I really love to be the facilitator because from this role I can see that maybe we are not the best in every activity but we always try and try and try our best. We also work hard and together. Each of the compenents of the group are so sympathetic with the others so I can say with a big open mouth that we are the perfect definition of...

Hi! We are Miriam and Maria again but this time we are the journalist!

This week we had to invent a school and explain it to the whole class with all the details of this school, like what is the type of students who come to this school, how many classes, the implication of parents... etc. Our school is “La Paz”, is a public school and have students from every nationalities, they have a lot of days in when parents can be implicated and so on.

The director of the school was Alba and she explained us what we have to do in the activity but it was very hard work with her because she didn’t listen our opinions and we always have to do the things that Alba wanted. But at finally, we realized that it was a game and Alba had to be a bad director and she only was performing with us.

Later on, Lola and Eva presented our school in class for everybody and they use the blackboard for presented it graphically.

We like very much the different ideas that our partners had invented and we hope that they liked our school too.

See you!

The analyst of the game!

Hello I'm Alba and I was the analyst of my group last week! Finally, we finished The Educational System Game. The stars of each group had to study the topics that we have been working, and then, we did a competition between all the groups.

What was the best part of the activity?

Maybe, the best part of the activity was that we have really worked as a group, I mean, when we knew that only the stars would participate on the game, at first we were a bit disconcerted, but then, we spoke together and we were really understanding. We said to the stars that they had not to be nervous about the game, and that if we did not win, nothing would happen. I think that now, we have learned to be a real group, and that is because we have done lots of thing together, we have learned to be understanding with the rest of the group, to listen to all of us, so we are so happy of that.

What was the worst part of the activity? 

In my opinion, the worst part of the activity was that the stars had to play in the game alone, without any help. We think that it would be better if all the members of the group had participated in it. We believe it was a great responsability fot the stars to prepare the topics alone, because they feel too much pressure.
I think that it is because in our class, and also in the university in general, there is much rivarly, so when it's about grades, all of us want to be the best.

What was the best moment?

The best moment of the activity was, like I have said before, when we talked about the stars of the game. It was a special moment because all of us agree that if we lose, npthing would happen.
Then also, everytime that our stars answered correctly a question, we feel so happy because we knew that it would help them to be motivated and they would feel more relaxed.

What was the worst moment?

It was some minutes before starting the game. We were nervous because we didn't know how was going to be the game, so we were bewildered. Our stars were more nervous, so we try to make them feel relax and calm.

What have you learnt?

With this game, and in general with thw whole activity we have learned so many things about the Educational Law of Spain. As future teachers, it is very important our knowledge about the current and past laws.
We have also learned to be self-confident, and to work hard to get what we want, because if one group wanted to win the game they had to work hard.

the stars!

Hi! We are Maria and Miriam and this week we have been THE STARTS!

At the beginning when Linda explained us the activity we were very frightened. The stars had to study 6 topics about Changes in The Spanish Educational System for doing a game  with the other groups  without the help of anyone of the group and the two groups who win the game will have a reward. So we have to study all the topics for try to win and get this reward.

It is 29 April, the competition day have arrived and we are so nervous but we have really enjoyed it because we can see that people are very enthusiastic and our compains of the group have supported us in every moment.  Linda took a fun game called “snakes and ladders”  and it was very interesting because there were stairs for advanced a huge amount of boxes and snakes, if you fall in that box, the snake will make you down to lower boxes.

We only fail one question but we had very bad lucky and we didn’t win, What’s a pity! The two groups that have win were Step by Step in the second position and in the first position T8T. Congratulations for them!

Despite of this, we are very happy with our work and we passed a very good time and also we have learned a lot with this game knowing a lot of things about two importants laws in our educational system which are LOMCE and LOE.

See you!

the game photos

Hello, I´m Eva and this week I had have to be Journalist. This week we played a fun game (in this game they could only play two people in each group who were the stars) the stars had to answer some questions well in order to roll the die and move to the next box. As we can see in the pictures all the stars were very nervous because all the teams wanted to win the game.

Here you can see the game board. if you fall down in the snake you go back but if you fall down on the stairs were lucky¡ because you advance.

Although we have not won the game we would have enjoyed it and at the same time we have learned new things.  I think that this new method of learning allows students to learn in a fun way and no memory. Having the competitiveness between them, the students try best known the content.

The Analyst is here!

          Hi followers, I am Lola and this week I am the analyst!

       What was the best part of the activity?

From my point of view, the best part of this activity is when we have presented our work. It is the time in which the entire group is together, already not problems or burdens arise us because the work is already finished.

I think it is the moment in which we are more relaxed and truly enjoy the activity together with the rest of our colleagues.

            What was the worse?

Although I have previously said that the best time of the activity is when we ended it, this week, at the same time, it has been one of the worst moments of the activity.  

This is because at the time of distributing our questions on each topic to the other groups, we did not have the questions about the 5 topic, and in addition, we had to value this topic without our questions. We were very nervous because we had rating us ourselves on a job that was not present at that time. In the end, everything was arranged and there was any problem.

     What was the best moment of the week (in the work of the group)?

The best moment of the week was in which we had made our questions, prepared and ready to be distributed to the rest of the groups.

 It was a moment in which, first of all, we were very nervous and with tension because we didn't know how to start the task this week, and then we realize that the work was finished and we felt happy and proud of this.

     What was the worse?

The worst moment, from my point of view is always when it comes to how we organize ourselves. This week we have  worked different. Each person had to do the questions about the topic that has been assigned. With this way of working, we have taken more time and everything was more effective. 

Subsequently, each one would have to explain the topic with the questions that she had done.

For this reason, the time to think how we could organize the activity and the day we can explain it was one of the most difficult and worse thing for the group.

          What have you learnt?

As I have said previously, the work was handed out and each one was "experts" of a different topic. For example, I was the expert in the topic 1 “An Overview of the Educational System”.

As then we had to explain to the group what they had learned on this topic.

We have learned a lot of thing about this, and the most important thing is that we know how we can explain a theme in English and the rest of the group understand it perfectly.

I want to say that we have had to put in the role of a teacher and be exposed to questions and doubts that may arise. This was for us an enriching part of the activity.

It is important to say that we have learnt to evaluate the work of the other group and evaluate our work too, and this I think that it is fundamental if we want to be excellent teachers.

              What do you need to conserve-as a group- for the next weeks?

I believe that it is necessary to always keep the desire to work and encouragement that all we give to other.

For this reason, I think that if we use the effort, the enthusiasm and the desire for doing a great work, we will get to be excellent and professional teachers.

All things that I said before, we have learnt in this course, and especially in this subject.

Anyone can be perfect. We have doubts, questions, complications… that we have to resolve and continue working in these things.

At this time, I know that we are a group because we help each other.

So…Come on and use your effort and desire for doing a great work!

         What do you need to improve- as a group- for the next weeks?

We have to improve the organisation of the group, and probably we must to take advantage of the time.

My group spent a lot of time thinking in all activities

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And I think that we have time for doing everything so… come on C´mon Tutankamon!

It is necessary to improve the organisation of the work because… we can do a incredible work in less time. And If we do this, we will have time to review the work many times, because this it is very important!

   How this content is related to other contents in the course and in your degree?

Firstly, it is important to say that we are studying a degree of Primary Education and for this reason the law of the education is always present in our work.

In many subjects, for example in the first semester in the subject “Planificación de la Acción Educativa”, we studied the curriculum and the competences.

Now, in this second semester, in subjects like “Acción Tutorial” we studied the LOE and LOMCE law, above all in the tutor paper.

And finally, in this subject and especially in this moment, we are studying these laws in different contexts.

To sum up, It is very important the contents of these laws because, you must know the functions that you have to have in each situation in your future work.

          There is any evident social connection of this content (new, politics, etc)?

Each topic that we have to studied, we must to relation and see the differences between LOE and LOMCE.

As everyone know, we had had different laws in a short period of time, and this is because when a different political party win the election they consider that they must change the law. This is a big problem!

The education need time, dedication and effort.

It is important to always improve the education, but the differences between the two political parties have to be separate, above all in this ambit. These differences and these changes are harmful to us.

Education is of all and for all!

Come on, everyone to play!

Here you can see the 32 questions about the topic 5.

Give me 7

-The subject “Conocimiento del medio”, how does it change with new law, LOMCE?

-The head teacher of a school has retired and another must be appointed. There is a teacher at school with 4 years experience and he has the trainining course on the development of the management function. Could he be a candidate?

-The parent of a student assaults a teacher in a public school. What might be the implications according to LOMCE?

- If a child, who studied the subject of Religion for several years, changes school and wants to continue studying this subject, but the new have to study Civic and Social Values or has the school to offer the subject of Religion?

Brain storming

-Regarding to the secondary education private centres, who is responsible to promote the curricular specialization?

-Why are educational centres losing their democratic management with the LOMCE?

-What are the student´s rights as defined at LOMCE?

- In relation to interim staff, who is responsible for the management of their contracts? What is the criteria to contract/maintain interim staff and requisites for their selection?

T8T

-If you happens to be an interim teacher in a School and your time there is over… Is there any possibility that you stay at that school?

-What does it mean “curricular specialisation”? Is it going to be run in Primary schools?

-If you were an interim teacher who is part of the general list, what  would be the limitations that LOMCE introduces to choose a school to work in?

-What does “the school development plan include” Name at least 4 items.

The little Ants

- If you were teacher of the educational institution, could you summarize the school development plan?

-What does the school development plan of the educational institution includes and what are the values in which it is based?

-As for funding of Educational Authorities we can say that they may be bigger in specific case, what case is it?

-What the educational administration do at the beginning of each course?

Step by step

- In the pedagogical and curricular organization education has to be supported by…

-Can a school choose all the materials and resources they want?

-What is the aim of having coordination between the primary education curriculum and the secondary education curriculum?

-What are the divisions of the sections in the educational framework?

Hide and seek

-In relation with the economic management made by public educational institution, have they complete autonomy to manage?

-The school has set of rules, which are they?

-What competences related to the educational is assumed by the municipalities?

-In what three areas is where the educational institutions enjoy a wide degree of autonomy?

The teachleaders

-What are some of the School board´s functions?

-What are the bodies that promote the participation of the students in the university life?

-Which areas can we distinguish in educational institution?

-What are some of the functions of the municipalities in the administration and governance at local level?

Educational Rush Hour

- Which are the main items of the educational project and where are included?

-Which is the annual general procedure of each school according to organizational management?

- The main changes from LOE to LOMCE in each section are…

-Which are the different section of Administration and Governance at Local and/or Institutional Level I and what they talk about?

Cmon Tutankamon

- What are the three main aspects of the management resources? Can a school get additional resources when it need? How?

-An educational institution is going to prepare its school development plan. What section must be included in? Are there any differences among the actual and the previous law?

 Explain them.

-A new teacher has arrived to a school legislated by the LOMCE, the current law. Is he or she involved in the organizational management of the school? Justify your answer and say how his involvement is.

-What a school development plan is formed by? What does it promote?

Translator, here I go!

Hi followers, here you have some concepts that will clarify you the topic.

School Board: a group of people who are elected to make decisions about how to manage a school, leads the educational policy in each centre and it  comprise a representations of teachers, parents, students, staff and services administration. 

Pedagogical Coordination Commission: It is formed by the heads of department, along with management charges. This commission guides the teaching work in the center. 

Interim: is a person who is filling an official role temporarily. Normally, when the normal person is temporarily unable to do it and somebody else must fill in temporarily or without following the ordinary protocol.

Publicly funded private school:  is a school that is owned or operated by a private person, firm, association, organization, or corporation, rather than by a public agency but they received money from the Goverment.

Competence: A cluster of abilities, knowledge and skills that enable a person to act effectively in a situation. It indicates sufficiency of knowledge and skills that enable someone to act in a wide variety of situations.

Curator- farmers

Hi bloggers! We are Alba and Marina, and this week we have been curator-farmers. We have recopilate all the information we have used for this week and we have put it like every week in our pearltress.

Here you have our pearltress:

And also the references that are also in the pearltress:

REFERENCES

Euripedia, European Encyclopaedia on National Education System (2013) Organization of Primary Education. Obtained:

https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/mwikis/eurydice/index.php/Spain:Organisation_of_Primary_Education

Federación de Enseñanza de Comisiones obreras, Gabinete Jurídico (2013) Tabla comparativa LOMCE-LOE. Obtained:

http://www.ugr.es/~fjjrios/pce/media/4-2-lo-LOMCE-LOEcomparitivaCCOO.pdf

Tiana Ferrer, Alejandro (2012) Los motivos de las leyes. Comparación LOE LOMCE. Diferencias. Opiniones. Opinión general sobre los preámbulos. Obtained:

http://www.redeseducacion.net/articulos/Materiales/Lomce/COMPARACI%C3%93N%20LOE%20LOMCE%20DIFERENCIAS.pdf

Boletín Oficial del Estado (Diciembre, 2013) Num 295. Obtained:

https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2013/12/10/pdfs/BOE-A-2013-12886.pdf

Por otra política educativa. El desarrollo de la LOMCE. Blog de WordPress.com. Obtained: http://porotrapoliticaeducativa.org/el-desarrollo-de-la-lomce/

Euripedia, European Encyclopaedia on National Education System (2013) Administration and Governance at Local and/or Institutional Level II . Obtained:

https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/mwikis/eurydice/index.php/Spain:Administration_and_Governance_at_Local_and/or_Institutional_Level

I am a journalist!

Hi! I’m Miriam Gamuz and this week  I’ve been… A JOURNALIST!!

I'm going to tell you how our week has passed:

First of all, Linda explained us the task we had to do this week.  The task is about how is organized our educational system, it seemed very interesting because  we must know it for our future as a teacher.

 Linda explained the different steps that the task it’s divided. And this week we started with the first step, we have to do two mind maps with the topics that we had: Organization of Primary Education (Geographical accessibility, Admission requirements and choice of school,  age levels and grouping of pupils, organization of the school year)  and Administration and Governance at Local and/or Institutional Level (II) (Governance at educational institutions level , non-university institutions , the Leadership Team , collegial governing bodies , teaching coordination bodies , participation bodies) .

For this, we have to look in the different links Linda had uploaded for searching the information, and then we have to compare the last law (LOE) and the law we have now (LOMCE) and put the differences in the mind map. At first, we were a bit afraid because there was a lot of content, we had to use another program that was new for us, we had to compare the two laws and it wasn’t an easy work because there were very similar… and we must do it until Monday!!!

So, we started to work at the very beginning of the week for have enough time to do all we wanted to do.  We began to do a summarize of the contents, for knowing what it was the most important and what concepts we should put on the mind map, meanwhile,  others were looking for what  mind map’s program was the best for us. So each one had their role and this afforded us to go quicker! We know how to work as a group!! 

When we arrived to class on Monday morning, Linda asked us another task, we have to reviewed   and unified the different mind maps we had of the same topic and create a new one. The group T8T had to helped us to do a part of our mind map although they didn’t work about this topic so it was a bit difficult for their but, nevertheless, they tried to do the best they could do.

And we began to read all the mind maps and we could compare the different programs the other groups have used and chose the one that we thought would be the best to do a good mind maps with all the important concepts, but we had to work fast because we needed it for the next day!

We worked very hard until we finished the best mind map, so we hope that people like it and consider it useful to study.

Also, I've been looking on my partners' blog and I comment in some of them:

Give me 7

T8T

I comment in a blog of a physycal education teacher that I think he is doing a lot of good activities tu stimulate children to do sport.

Educación Física

So… This is the story of our week! We have a lot of expectations with this game and we will put all our enthusiasm for win it! C’mon!! tutankamon!!!!