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Education
0-6 years
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Do
We Need an Code of Conduct?
Juli Palou and the ICE-UAB Values Group
The term "code of conduct" makes us think that it
useful and necessary to set up a series of norms that regulate
how to react in a specific situation. Codes of conduct are
often instructions manuals full of answers to possible problems.
But ethics, like life itself, is ambiguous and where there
is ambiguity we can never foresee what the proper repsonse
must be, because everything depends on the specific situation
and the people involved. From the ethical point of view codes
of conduct are of no interest, neither are grand definitions
or high-faluttin' concepts. From the ethical point of view,
the only thing of interest is that the educator listen to
each of his or her students and is seen to be attentive to
their needs and concerns. |
The
Fear of Change (of teachers)
Dolors Todolí
It seems the the century that has just begun is the century
of changes, although, unfortunatley, the changes seem to be
moving backwards, at times, on questions as important as education.
However, there are still some educators that believe in a
school that is open to change, regardless of what they tell
us from on top. In other words, we believe in a school that
learns from itself in order to improve, that is aware of changes
in the environment and always to the benefit of the children. |
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School
for ages 0-3
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A
Time for Beginning and a Time for Waiting
Nancy Bello,Teresa Boronat and Misericòrdia Olesti
Beginning day care, for the child, is a special moment. The
family cedes part of its educative reponsibility to the child
care worker. We provide an experience in a school of how to
welcome both the child and the parents, because the parents
are also involved in this process. A proposal that is based
on respect and individual treatment. |
Coloured
Bottles
Montse Riu
After seeing Tavernier's film "Ça commence ajourd'hui",
which served as the source of inspiration, children bring
plastic bottles to school and then fill them with water and
drops of colouring, converting a waste material into a source
of play, magic and discovery. |
School
for ages 3-6 |
Ice
from the Sky
Teresa Feu and Montse Ginebra
Pre-school teachers often program activities that help children
to understand what is happening around them , which is sometimes
complicated. The situation that we describe, however, is an
example of how, if we can take advantage of what is happening
around us, we can see and listen to children and establish
a positive dialogue with them and the environement. The events
of daily life provide us with such a wealth of experiences
to transform apparently simple situations into situations
that foster the acquisiton of very complex learning experiences. |
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Children
and Society |
The
Way Home
M. Àngels Ollé
A grandmother and a grandchild walk to the park, but the way
there, which could be a time of dialogue and discovery, turns
into an open assault by machines and sweets. What can we do?
Must we give up, convert the passge into a daily war? A small
action raises the question as to how sometimes it is difficult
to maintain a coherent attitude in a world full of tempations. |
Being
Two
Anna Carbajosa
The author is a twin, and "being two" is as natural
for her as being "one" is for us. She has lived
this way since birth. And, this is the difference from most
of us. Being twins means sharing infancy from early on with
someone that will grow up at the same pace, with whom you
will share your birthdays. As the author explains, twins are
united by a special magic. |
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Children
and health |
The
Promotion and Protection of the Child's
Health
Elements to Be Shared by Day Care and the Family
Esteve-Ignasi Gay and Elisenda Trias
When the child lives in two educational contexts as different
as the family and the day care centre, the adults in his or
her life share observations of the new acquisitions and difficulties
that the child has during development, in order to agree on
how to deploy education and upbringing. But the needs of the
child must also be shared in regards to general aspects, such
as eating, the influence of the emotions on phyiscal health,
the signs of poor health, low periods when the child is ill,
the use of medication and what to do when the child gets ill
at school. |
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