Catalan Educational System

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Catalan Educational System

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Presentació del sistema educatiu català en anglès

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Catalan Educational System

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The Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia and the education system (1)

• The Catalan Statute of Autonomy of 1979 establishes that the Government’s Education Department is responsible for the educational system administration.

• In 2006 the new Catalan Statute of Autonomy is approved which specifies the exclusive Catalan competences in education and those that are shared with the State government.

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Examples of exclusive competences:

1. Establishment of the educative contents of the first cycle of infant education (0-3 years old)

2. Creation and organization of state schools3. Inspection, education system internal evaluation,

innovation, investigation and educational experimentation

4. Continuous teacher training and educative services

The Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia and the education system (2)

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Examples of shared competence:

1. General curricular organization:– Spanish state: 55% of the general curriculum – 45% of the curriculum set by the Catalan

Government

2. General evaluation of the Education system

The Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia and the education system (3)

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Number of schools

Private Schools 1.366 State Schools 2.714

School year 2005-2006

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Number of students: 1.076.576School year 2005-2006

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Number of teachers: 90.373School year 2005/2006

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The Catalan Education System

UEE

Sixth Form

HGVET

MGVET SGP

Secondary Education

Primary Education

Pre-school Education

Education System Structure

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Non-Compulsory Education Compulsory Education

MGVET- Medium Grade Vocational Education and Training SGP- Social Guarantee ProgrammeHGVET- Higher Grade Vocational Education and Training UEE- University Entrance Examination

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School leadership

TEACHERS

PARENTS

STUDENTS

CITY

HALL

Representation at the Consell Escolar

•Headmaster

•Deputy

•Educational Coordinator

School Management Team

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Plan para la lengua y la cohesión social

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According to the law:

“The Catalan language shall normally be used as the vehicle for learning and non-university teaching.”

Law 1/1998, of January 7, of language policy

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•Catalan is used throughout all the educational period.

•Catalan is used in the schooling area because a language that is not used can not be learned.

• We take into account and valorise the different languages and cultures of the students’ families because the roots are important and help us to enrich us as a society.

•School ensures the teaching/learning of the Catalan language, of the Spanish language, and, at least, of a foreign language.

As for languages, in school ...

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They know Catalan

They know Catalan and Spanish

They know Spanish

They do not know Catalan or Spanish, but they know othes langages

They know the two official

languages and have a

good knowledge of

at least a foreign

language

When the children go to school:

When the children

finish compusory education:

Schoolgives everyone the

opportunity to have the language skills needed

to be prepared and participatory citizens

Application of second laguage

methodologies

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• We take advantage of everyday situations

Working oral comprehension:

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• We use images, gestures and routines to make ourselves understood

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• We use oral language games

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• We start in Catalan

• We incorporate Spanish in the first year of the inictial cycle of primary school

• At the end of initial cycle (7 yars old), everybody can read and write in Catalan and Spanish.

As far as reading and writing: