Educational and Social Psychology Training
Code: 42089 ECTS Credits: 15| Degree | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 4310486 Teaching in Secondary Schools, Vocational Training and Language Centres | OB | 0 |
Contact
- Name:
- Rafael Merino Pareja
- Email:
- rafael.merino@uab.cat
Teachers
- Rafael Merino Pareja
- Carlos Monereo Font
- Nuria Suñe Soler
- Andy Morodo Horrillo
- Marta Flores Coll
- Jesus Ribosa Martinez
- Eva Miro Marti
- Maria Mercè Berengueras Pont
- Jordi Sabate Peiro
- Amparo Silvana Chumacero Ruiz
- Jorge Pamies Rovira
- Xavier Santos González
- Aina Antonia Tarabini-Castellani Clemente
Teaching groups languages
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Prerequisites
Not considered. For slow track students who are not enrolled in the Practicum, adaptations will be made to the evaluation evidences.
Objectives and Contextualisation
General objectives:
- To understand the current educational system and its social and historical evolution, especially regarding to secondary schooling
- To analyse different educational policies and the impact of educational reforms on educational and social inequalities.
- To study the impact of social changes on secondary schooling and educational transitions.
- To analyse the role of different educational actors (students, teachers and families).
- To explore the role of communication and social interaction in educational processes, acknowledging for the psycho- pedagogic foundations of collaborative learning.
- To analyse the factors explaining different educational profiles and attitudes among adolescent students.
- To understand the processes of teaching and learning from an interactionist perspective.
- To identify the organisational principles of the Spanish and Catalan secondary schools.
- To understand the principles for the management of pupil’s heterogeneity in secondary schooling.
- To acknowledge the educational value of orientation and tutoring in secondary schooling.
Competences
- "Design and conduct formal and no-formal activities that help make the center a place of participation and culture in the environment where it is located; develop the functions of mentoring and guiding students in a collaborative and coordinated manner; participate in the evaluation, research and innovation in teaching and learning"
- Acquire strategies to encourage student effort and enhance their capacity to learn by himself and others, and develop thinking skills and decision-making to facilitate autonomy, confidence and personal initiative.
- Adopt an attitude and ethical behavior and act according to ethical principles of the profession.
- Analyze and recognize their own skills to develop those necessary for the development and professional practice.
- Communicate and justify conclusions clearly and unambiguously to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Continue the learning process, to a large extent autonomously.
- Design and develop learning spaces with special attention to equity, education and emotional values, equal rights and opportunities for men and women, civic education and respect for human rights that facilitate life in society, decision making and building a sustainable future.
- Inform and advise families about the teaching and learning process and personal, academic and professional orientation of their children.
- Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
- Interpret the different educational needs of students in order to propose the most appropriate educational activities.
- Know the rules and institutional organization of the education system and models of quality improvement applied to schools.
- Organize a group of students for a successful development of shared activities.
- Own the learning skills necessary to carry out continuous training, both in content and teaching specialty, as in the general aspects of teaching.
- Solve problems in new or little-known situations within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the field of study.
- Understand and analyze the historical characteristics of the teaching profession, its current situation, perspectives and relationship with the social reality of each period.
- Use critical reasoning of personal work and use resources for professional development.
- Work in teams (in the same field or interdisciplinary) and develop attitudes of participation and collaboration as an active member of the community.
- know the processes of interaction and communication in the classroom, mastering social skills and abilities necessary to encourage learning and coexistence in the classroom, and address problems of discipline and conflict resolution.
Learning Outcomes
- Acquire social skills in family relations and counseling.
- Adopt an attitude and ethical behavior and act according to ethical principles of the profession.
- Analyze and recognize their own skills to develop those necessary for the development and professional practice.
- Communicate and justify conclusions clearly and unambiguously to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Continue the learning process, to a large extent autonomously.
- Demonstrate knowledge and applies resources and information strategies, tutoring and academic guidance professional.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the characteristics of the students, their social contexts and motivations.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the historical evolution of the educational system in Catalonia and Spain.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the historical evolution of the family, its different types and incidence of family background in education.
- Identify and plan the resolution of educational situations that affect students with different abilities and different learning rates.
- Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
- Know the rules and institutional organization of the education system and models of quality improvement applied to schools.
- Link education to the environment and understand the educational function of the family and the community, both in the acquisition of skills and learning as education in respect for rights and freedoms, the equality of rights and opportunities for men and women and equality of treatment and non-discrimination of persons with disabilities.
- Organize a group of students for a successful development of shared activities.
- Participate in the definition of the educational project and general activities of the center according to criteria of quality improvement, attention to diversity and prevention of learning problems and coexistence.
- Possess learning skills necessary to carry out continuous training in both content and didactics of foreign language, as well as general aspects of teaching.
- Prepare proposals based on the acquisition of knowledge, skills and intellectual and emotional abilities.
- Promote emotional education, values education and Citizen.
- Prove that includes the development of personality of students and possible dysfunctions that affect learning.
- Solve problems in new or little-known situations within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the field of study.
- Teamwork and equipment (in the same field or interdisciplinary) and develop attitudes of participation and collaboration as an active member of the community.
- Use critical reasoning about development of education, best practices and guidance, using quality criteria.
Content
SECTION 1. Learning and personal development
1. To grow up during adolescence.
1.1. Development, learning, culture and education
1.2. Cognitive, affective, social and body skills
1.3. Cognitive development and the development of knowledge
1.4. The formation of individual and social identity
1.5. Individual differences. Difficulties in individual, social and learning development
2. Learning in secondary schooling
2.1. Knowledge building in the school context.
2.2. Types of contents and types of learning
2.3. The process of knowledge building
2.4. Interaction among peers. Methodologies of cooperative learning
2.5. Development, learning and ICT
2.6. Psychosocial aspects of learning. The development of self-stem
2.7. Mutual representations and their roles.
SECTION 2. Educational processes and contexts.
3. The educational system
3.1. Main features of educational Systems
3.2. The evolution of the education system from the 70s
3.3. The Catalan education system. Normative Framework of secondary schooling
4. The organization of secondary schooling
4.1. Main elements of the organization of schools
4.2. School autonomy and school projects
4.3. The organisation of material recourses.
4.4. The organisation of timing resources
5. Curriculum in secondary schooling
5.1. Curriculum and the knowledge society
5.2. Curriculum and Basic skills
5.3. Curriculum in lower and upper secondary schooling
5.4. Curriculum and values
5.5. Curriculum and ICT
5.6. Evaluation of learning and curriculum
6. Participation of the educational community
6.1. Structures for participation
6.2. Participation culture
6.3. Relations between secondary schools and families
6.4. The family associations
7. Relations withthe social context
7.1. Networks for school coordination
7.2. Local educational plans
7.3. City educational plans
7.4. Shared responsibilities among educational administrations
8. The management of pupils’ heterogeneity
8.1. The concept of pupil’s heterogeneity in secondary schooling
8.2. Diversity vs inclusion
8.3. Resources for the management of pupil’s heterogeneity
8.4. Different kinds of pupil’s heterogeneity
8.5. Modalities of students’ grouping
9. Communication during secondary schooling
9.1. Interaction and communication
9.2. Educational communication
9.3. Communicative skills
10. Relations within the classroom
10.1. Groups dynamics
10.2. Coexistence within the classrooms and managing conflicts
10.3. Emotional skills
11. The mentoring and guidance.
11.1. The functions of the profesorado tutor high school.
11.2. The teacher tutor and the coordination of the functions of the Educational Guidance (personal, academic and professional).
11.3. Tutorials Assessment, Promotion and Accreditation of the students
11.4. Models and Experiences of mentoring.
12. The teachers of the secondary.
12.1. The Professional competences.
12.2. The access to the profession in the Service of Education of Catalonia.
SECTION 3. Society, family and education.
13. Societyand secondary schooling
13.1. The sociological perspective
13.2. Social changes and secondary schooling
13.3. The social context of schooling
14. School reforms
14.1. Secondary school reforms. Towards a comprehensive school system
14.2. Comprehensive school reforms in Europe
14.3. Comprehensive school reforms in Spain and Catalonia
15. Social and educational inequalities
15.1. Social inequalities: social class, gender and migration
15.2. Educational inequalities: access, process and results
15.3. Policies to achieve educational equity
16. Transitions in secondary schooling
16.1. The concept of transition
16.2. Transition to upper secondary schooling
16.3. Transitions from school to work
17. The main actors of the educational community
17.1. The students and their attitudes
17.2. The families and their changes
17.3. The teachers and their labour conditions
Activities and Methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Directed activity | 97.5 | 3.9 | 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 21, 22 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Guided assignments | 59.5 | 2.38 | 3, 6, 7, 10, 14, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Autonomous activity | 180 | 7.2 | 3, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 22 |
Directed activity:
Lectures and others
Examples and case studies
Exhibition of works
Didactic proposals
Comments and/or exposition of readings
Document analysis
Simulations of professional situations
Classroom practices
Monographic sessions
Commentary of written and videographic texts
Conducting practical activities and didactic proposals in groups
Work in cooperative groups
Supervised activity:
Specialized tutorials, collective or individual
Work review
Personal reflections on simulations and other practices
Individual and group thematic works
Process tests
Guided observations
Autonomous activity:
Personal study
Readings and text comments
Consultation and reading of the recommended bibliography
Document search
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Assessment
Continous Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E1. Description of the internship school | 20% | 10 | 0.4 | 2, 4, 5, 7, 11, 12, 13, 21 |
| E2. Challenge analysis and proposals | 30% | 10 | 0.4 | 6, 7, 10, 13, 15, 18, 19, 22 |
| E3. Critical incident analysis | 20% | 8 | 0.32 | 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22 |
| E4. Concluding reflection | 30% | 10 | 0.4 | 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 17, 20, 22 |
The assessment of the Psycho-pedagogical and Social Training module is planned in a continuous way, with an interdisciplinary and integrated perspective based on the competences and learning outcomes of the different units of the module, and with a strong connection with the internship schools, (slow track students will have an adaptation of the assessment evidences). Students will have to carry out four assessment evidences throughout the course, which are described below:
Evidence 1 (E1): description of the internship school. Short written document (5 pages) reflecting the social context and the main organizational and educational project characteristics of the school. An argued challenge proposal will be added in relation to the analysis of the school, which will be developed in Evidence 2.
Evidence 2 (E2): challenge analysis and proposals. Presentation with interactive audiovisual support (10-15 minutes) of the analysis of the challenge with theoretical basis and contributions of proposals for action. A guideline will be provided for co-evaluation.
Evidence 3 (E3): critical incident analysis. Performance of a dramatization in the classroom based on a situation related to the chosen challenge (10-15 minutes). A guide for the performance and an evaluation guideline will be provided.
Evidence 4 (E4): concluding reflection. Production of a video (maximum 5 minutes) with a critical reflection, based on the learning achieved in the module, on basic and post-compulsory education and on teacher identity. An indicative guide and an evaluation rubric will be provided.
Evidence 2 and 3 will be developed in groups of 2 or 3 students, sharing a internship school. The composition of the working group may vary for each evidence. Evidences 1 and 4 are individual.
The weight of each evidence and the calendar are shown in the following table:
|
Evidence |
Weight respect final mark |
Hours of student work* |
Delivery date |
Recovery date |
|
E1 |
20 |
10 |
20/12/2024 |
7/2/2025 |
|
E2 |
30 |
10 |
From January 13 to February 4, 2025 |
11/3/2025 |
|
E3 |
20 |
8 |
From January 6 to February 5, 2025 |
11/3/2025 |
|
E4 |
30 |
10 |
Deadline 30/4/2025 |
6/6/2025 |
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38 |
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Single assessment |
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30/4/2025 |
6/6/2025 |
* The time allocated is indicative; it only includes the preparation of evidence, not the autonomous learning activities for preparation.
The master's course is face-to-face, and class attendance is compulsory, with a minimum of 80% (for each block) required to keep up with the programme.
Assignments must be handed in in the module's moodle classroom. Assignments submitted incorrectly, which do not include the name of the authors or which are submitted after the deadline will not be accepted. Students are responsible for ensuring that the format of the files is compatible with the delivery in the moodle classroom. Failure to submit evidence will be marked as Not Assessable.
The marks of the evaluation activities will be given at the latest 20 working days after the delivery. In order to obtain an average, it is necessary to obtain a minimum of 5 in each evaluation evidence.
Written assignments will be submitted in Catalan (reasoned exceptions will be assessed by the teaching team). and students must demonstrate a good mastery of the language. Linguistic correctness will be a criterion for assessing all the evidence presented.
Students who have failed some of the evidences with a minimum grade of 3.5 will be able to take a recovery that will consist of a work or test that will be scheduled with a minimum margin of two weeks after the communication of the failure. The recovery will be assessed as pass (numerical grade 5) or fail (which means failing the module).
It will be necessary to show an attitude compatible with the teaching profession, such as commitment and responsibility withthe work, respect, participation, active listening, cooperation, empathy, kindness, punctuality, non-judgement, argumentation, etc. It is also essential to make appropriate use of electronic devices (mobile phones, computers, touch tablets, etc.) in the classroom. These devices may ONLY be used for activities related to the subject.
Single assessment. Students who take this type of assessment will have to present the four pieces of evidence together, all of them individually. In the case of the second evidence, the format will be a video, and in the case of the third evidence, it will consist of a written work based on the analysis of a video. The weighting of each evidence is the same as in the continuous assessment. The deadline for submission of the four pieces of evidence is 30 April 2025. In this modality, a minimum of 80% attendance will also be required in order to be assessed. The same recovery system will be applied as for the continuous assessment. The recovery date for single assessment students will be 6 June 2025.
Copying or plagiarism is an offence and may result in failing the course. On the other hand, a work is considered to be plagiarised or "copied" when it reproduces all or part of another student's work.
A work or activity is considered to be "plagiarised" when a part of an author's text is presented as one's own without citing the sources.
Bibliography
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Fernández Enguita, M. Et al. (1997). Sociología de las Instituciones de educación secundaria. ICE-Horsori.
Garcia-Gracia, M (2013) Absentismo y abandono escolar. La persistència de una problemàtica escolar y social. Editorial Síntesis.
Grau. R. (2002). Educar per a la vida: Els reptes de la secundària al segle XXI. Barcelona: Rosa dels Vents
Martínez García, J. S (2017) La equidad y la educación. Catarata Madrid, 2017
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Monereo, C., Suñé-Soler, N. et al. (2020). The change in educational identity. Monogràfic sobre la identitat docente. Quaderns de psicología, 22(2). https://quadernsdepsicologia.cat/issue/view/v22-n2
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Link:
Incidents Crítics a les escoles i la seva resolució: https://www.critic-edu.com/videos
Què funciona en educació: https://fundaciobofill.cat/que-funciona-en-educacio-evidencies-la-millora-educativa
Àrea Educació Diputació de Barcelona: https://www.diba.cat/es/web/guest/tema-educacion
RASE. Revista de Sociología de la Educación: https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/RASE/index
Software
This subject uses participation, video editing and communication software (presentations, institutional mail).
Language list
Information on the teaching languages can be checked on the CONTENTS section of the guide.