Sciences and Arts: Improving the linkIES San José de La Rinconada

11th-18th may 2014.

EDUCATION SYSTEM IN SPAIN-

ANDALUSIAComenius Project 2013-15

Sciences and Arts: Improving the link.

SPAIN AND ITS AUTONOMOUS REGIONS

The Andalusian Education System

(Spain)

Sevilla Comenius Project 2013-15

DESCRIPTION OF SPANISHDESCRIPTION OF SPANISHEDUCATIONAL SYSTEMEDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

INFANT EDUCATION

PRIMARY EDUCATION

COMPULSORY SECUNDARY EDUCATION

BASIC, FREE & LAICAL

EDUCATION IN STATE SCHOOLS

NON COMPULSORY

EDUCATION

HIGHER SECONDARYEDUCATION

MIDDLE LEVEL SPECIFIC VOCATIONAL

TRAINING CYCLES

HIGHEREDUCATION

UNIVERSITYHIGHER LEVEL SPECIFIC

VOCATIONAL TRAINING CYCLES

LANGUAGE STUDIES

ARTISTIC STUDIES

SPORT STUDIES

SPECIALISEDSTUDIES

COMPULSORY EDUCATION

or

or

in language schools

in conservatories

in sport schools

VOLUNTARY EDUCATION

&

Andalusian Education System

A few notes on the education system

o PRE-SCHOOL/INFANT EDUCATION:1st cycle: 0-3 years2nd cycle: 3-6 years (free)

o COMPULSORY EDUCATION: (free) If you have to take a course again, you can only do it once per cycle. If you have already done it, you will be automatically promoted to the next educational level.

The Andalusian Educational System has specialised Spanish language and culture teachers and a welcome programme for immigrant pupils and a programme for the conservation of their native language and culture, with which it aims to provide normal schooling for foreign pupils, respecting their culture of origin.

PRIMARY EDUCATION:o 1st cycle: 6-8 yearso 2nd cycle: 8-10 yearso 3rd cycle: 10-12 years

COMPULSORY SECONDARY EDUCATION:

COMPULSORY SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE

o 1st cycle (12-14 years)

o 2nd cycle (14-16 years):

CURRICULAR DIVERSIFICATION PROGRAMME: For those students who are in the 2nd cycle and can´t get the educational objectives because of different reasons but they have a good learning attitude and try hard. Students can do the whole 2nd cycle within this programme, and some other students will join it in the last year of the cycle, depending on each individual case. They share common subjects with other students who have a common curricula but they go to another class just for them in Linguistics and Communication, Mathematics and World knowledge.

o COMPULSORY EDUCATION (Continuation)

COMPULSORY SECONDARY EDUCATION

Those students who didn´t manage to obtain their Compulsoray Secondary Education Certificate and they are over 16 and under 21 can enrol in a programme that mixes basic skills in mathematics, reading and writing, general knowledge and vocational training. This programme is undergoing revision and it is about to disappear as another programme called INITIAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING will shortly start.

At the end they will be able to get the CERTIFICATE.

ASSESSMENT IN SECONDARY EDUCATION.You have to take the year again if you fail more than two subjects but if you fail Spanish language and literature and Mathematics you cannot pass to the next academic level.

COMPULSORY SECONDARY EDUCATION (ESO)COMPULSORY SECONDARY EDUCATION (ESO)

4 YEARS

CHILDREN BETWEEN 12 & 16 AGE

FINALITIES SPECIAL ATTENTION TO EDUCATIONAL AND

VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE

2 CYCLES

Divided into

2 YEARS EACH

ORGANIZED IN SUBJECTS

Spanish Language & Literature Foreign Language (English & French) Maths Geography & History Biology & Geology Technologies Plastic Education Music Physical Education QUALIFIED

TEACHERS

Taught by

FLEXIBLE ORGANIZATION OF TEACHINGATTENTION TO

DIVERSITY

STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

Oriented to

PUPILS WHO DON´T OBTAIN THE CERTIFICATE OF

SECONDARY EDUCATION MAY ACCESS THE SOCIAL

GUARANTEE PROGRAMMES

THOSE PUPILS WHO GET GRADUATED IN

COMPULSORY SECONDARY WITH SOME CURRICULAR

ADAPTATION

SECONDARY EDUCATION

  

3**---PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY

3**---COMPUTERS

3**---TECHNOLOGY

  12UP TO THE SCHOOL (2)

30303030TOTAL

1111TUTORIALS

4444SPANISH LANGUAGE

3**---BIOLOGY AND GEOLOGY

3**---LATIN

-33-TECNOLOGY

3**-4*4*MUSIC

3**---2ND FOREIGN LANGUAGE

3**-4*4*VISUAL ARTS

-222OPTIONAL (1)

2222PHYSICAL EDUCATION

1211 CATHOLIC RELIGION

2---CIVICS

3333SOCIAL SCIENCES

-1--CITIZENSHIP

-433NATURAL SCIENCES

4434MATHS

4434ENGLISH

FOURTHTHIRDSECONDFIRST

o POST COMPULSORY EDUCATION

When you are 16 and you get your Certificate, you have two options depending on what you want to do in the future:

For those that aim at going at university, there is the BACHILLERATO(Arts, Science, etc) (2 years). When they get their Baccalaureate Certificate and they want to go to University:

They have to take a UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAM.* It is the same exam for the whole of Andalusia. * They are tested on the compulsory subjects of their Baccalaureate (English, Spanish language, History, and the subjects of their field of specialization).* GRADE: 60% marks from the Baccalaureate + 40% marks from the exam.

o POST COMPULSORY EDUCATION (continuation)

They can go to a MEDIUM GRADE TRAINING CYCLE for (2 years). They get a certificate as aTechnician, and then:

they go to work. or they continue their studies in a SUPERIOR

GRADE TRAINING CYCLE (2 years).

When students have a SUPERIOR GRADE TRAINING CYCLE, they can have access to University without having to take the UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAM.

HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATIONHIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION

AIMS

TO PROVIDE TRAINING, HUMAN AND INTELLECTUAL MATURITY,

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO DEVELOP SOCIAL FUNCTIONS AND

JOIN THE WORKFORCE

Only for those getting graduated in ESO

CHILDREN BETWEEN 16 & 18 AGE

TWO YEARS

UNIVERSITY

HIGHER LEVEL SPECIFIC VOCATIONAL TRAINING CYCLES

or

Taught by QUALIFIED TEACHERS

Pupils who get graduated at secondary education may access to:

PUPILS MAY CHOOSE FROM THREE AREAS:

TECHNOLOGY & NATURAL SCIENCIES

HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCIES

ARTS

SPECIFIC VOCATIONALSPECIFIC VOCATIONAL TRAINING CYCLES TRAINING CYCLES

TO PROVIDE TRAINING ACTIVITIESTHAT ENABLE QUALIFIED STUDENTS FOR THE

PERFORMANCE OF VARIOUS PROFESSIONS, ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT AND ACTIVE

PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC LIFE

TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO WORK AND MAKES THEM ADAPT TO WORKING LIFE

TO INCLUDE A MODULAR ORGANIZATION OF VARIABLE DURATION AND THEORETICAL &

PRACTICAL CONTENT APPROPRIATE TO THE VARIOUS PROFESSIONAL FIELDS

DIVIDED INTO

AIMS

MIDDLE LEVEL HIGHER LEVEL

ORGANIZED IN PROFESSIONAL GROUPS

COMPLETION OF COMPULSORYSECONDARY EDUCATION

COMPLETION OF HIGHER SECONDARYEDUCATION

Vocational EducationThe vocational training is also a common

possibility after ESO or after the Spanish Baccalaureate . There are two different types

of programmes:• Middle Grade Training Cycles, which have the

ESO diploma as requirement,• Superior-level Training Cycles, which have the

Spanish Baccalaureate as the principal requirement.

The two levels are directed to job market, but after the superior-level, students are entitled to direct entrance to several related University

degrees.

VOCATIONAL EDUCATIONVOCATIONAL EDUCATION

ADULT EDUCATIONAdult Education is regulated by law: objectives, contents, etc. In a new law foradult education that was passed last year. Its structure is the following:

LEVEL I (10 hours per group max)LEVEL II (15 hours per group max)3 fields of study:

1) Science and Technology, 2) Communication, 3) Social studies

3 modalities: a) Normal course2) Semi online3) Online

From LEVEL I to LEVEL II: you need to have passed 2 of the 3 fields of study.At the end you get the COMPULSORY SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE

To get the Compulsory Secondary Education Certificate you must have passed all the fields of study in both levels.

A sample of Adult Education Curricula

LEVEL ICOMMUNICATION

Module I: We express our ideas

We are different, we speak in a different way.

We tell our experiences

We communicate by putting into practice our citizenship

Tales, Fables, legends and idioms.

Module II: Free time

Travelling

........................................ etc

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY

Module I: ICT Society.

Module II: Materials, from paper to plastic.

We are what we eat. People and Health

................................................ etc

SOCIETY

Module I: Population and resources in the world.

Module II: History stages

……………………………………………… etc

ADULT EDUCATIONThere are PERMANENT EDUCATION CENTRES in many townsin Andalusia providing basic training for adults, concentrating basically on reading and writing skills, ICT, general

knowledge,some basic ideas about English, etc.There are people who at 60 or even later managed to get

their Compulsory Secondary Education Diploma, which is in our system the lowest academic level you can have.

Townhalls and the unemployment services also organise and offer courses for unemployed people who are interested inlearning any of the contents above for a future job, or for thesake of learning.