La cultura como eje transversal en el aprendizaje basado en tareas: reflexiones y sugerencias para la enseñanza del español como segunda lengua

Se presenta un modelo de enseñanza del español como segunda lengua o como lengua extranjera mediante la metodología del aprendizaje basado en tareas (ABT). Se enlaza tal metodología con la inclusión del tema de la cultura como eje transversal. Se describe como ejemplo una tarea de una unidad de determinado curso, a fin de que el docente de Español perciba los alcances del plan propuesto.A model of Spanish as a second/foreign language teaching using a task-based methodology is presented here. Likewise, culture is included as a cross-curricular topic. An example is given of a task which is part of a unit of a specific course, with the purpose of enabling an instructor of Spanish to visualize the scope of the plan proposed here.

La investigación como eje transversal en el desarrollo de los cursos de la carrera en la Enseñanza de la Educación Física

The purpose of this article is to provide with brief reflections to faculty in order to give them practical advices using research as a transversal axis in a defined pedagogical strategy applicable to the courses offered by the School of Sport Science (SSS). In other words, we intend to emphasize the role of research by reaching professional profiles and developing the courses offered by the School of Sport Science (SS). Finally, a hypothetic example was used to explain each step in relationship to the research protocol from a positivistic perspective.

Teacher’s Role in the Promotion of Two Emotional Intelligence Competencies in Fifth-Grade Children

This paper presents the results of a qualitative study aimed at analyzing the teacher’s role in promoting awareness and management of emotions in fifth-graders, as competencies of emotional intelligence. This resulted in a very significant study since, from the psychopedagogic perspective, it aims at breaking with the traditional role of teachers exclusively focused on transmitting knowledge, leaving aside the much-needed emotional support. Children demonstrated a poor vocabulary, as well as difficulty to identify some emotions and differentiate between them. This means a limitation for children to be aware of their own emotions and to control them.  As a conclusion, it is important to maximize the emotional capacities of students; it should be a primary task in the education centers, where teachers play a key role as a model and as a promoter of emotional intelligence.

Competencies Required in Education Research and Teaching Systematization according to Students from the Preschool, Primary and Secondary Education Programs of the University of Costa Rica

The purpose of this paper is to present the results of two online forums carried out with the participation of 42 students of the Licenciaturas  in Preschool Education, Primary Education and Secondary Education of the University of Costa Rica. The main purpose of the forums was to determine the insights of the participant students about the competencies they have achieved in the field of education research, and which have been the essential tools for them to systematize their own teaching practices. The discussion forums were part of the course FD5091 Métodos de Investigación Educativa [Education Research Methods] of the School of Teacher Education, delivered from March-April 2010.  Of the sample, 60 percent were students of the Preschool teaching program, 35 percent were from the Primary Education teaching program and 5 percent were from the Secondary Education teaching program in the fields of Science, Mathematics and Social Studies. According to the insights and beliefs showed by the participants –both, the future teachers and the profession practitioners–, there are no opportunities for research or systematization of their own teaching mediation, in the current work situation.(1) Translator’s Note: In Costa Rica, the “Licenciatura” is a one-year post-Bachelor study program, usually including thesis. “Primary Education” refers to students from the 1st to 6th grades, and “Secondary Education” refers to students from the 7th to 11th grades.

A EDUCAÇÃO AMBIENTAL COMO TEMA TRANSVERSAL NO ENSINO DE GEOGRAFIA: POSSIBILIDADES E LIMITES

A importância da educação ambiental vem crescendo desde a primeira Conferência das Nações Unidas sobre o Meio Ambiente, realizada em Estocolmo, em 1972. Portanto, está atrelada à tomada de consciência sobre os crescentes problemas ambientais em escala local, regional e global. Sua genealogia mais específica pode ser encontrada no seminário realizado pela Unesco em Belgrado, em 1975, no qual foram decididos os objetivos e as diretrizes básicas da educação ambiental, cristalizados na Carta de Belgrado. As conclusões do Relatório Brundtland, publicado em 1987, e a realização da Rio-92 aumentaram a preocupação com a educação ambiental, que então passou a ser contemplada nas legislações nacionais. No Brasil a lei n. 9.795/99 regulamentou a educação ambiental tanto na educação formal quanto na informal e os Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais contemplaram o meio ambiente como tema transversal no ensino básico. Este trabalho pretende verificar as possibilidades da educação ambiental como tema transversal no ensino de Geografia na escola básica brasileira. Pretende também discutir seus limites num mundo onde há crescente demanda por recursos naturais, crescente consumismo, e que, portanto, tem aumentado os impactos ambientais em diversas escalas geográficas. Parece que há uma expectativa exagerada sobre as possibilidades da educação ambiental.