Communication in the Seventh Grade Classroom

Reflections on communication in the learning process at the level of the seventh year of secondary education based on the methodological and pedagogical approaches, considered in research of a multidisciplinary team of the CIDE of UNA (National University), with the aim of building the “teaching performance profile for the seventh year of Costa Rican education”. It demonstrates the role of teachers to ensure favorable communication links to the learning process, not only to capture the attention and interest of students through varied and systematic motivations, but also by the honesty, openness, personal example and involvement in the task, problems and aspirations of students.

Proposal for Academic Achievement and Permanence of Students in the 7th Grade (1)

This paper analyzes the impact of change processes experienced by many student populations when completing primary education (1st-6th grade) and starting secondary education (7th-11th grade). Based on the research conducted, this paper describes situations and aspects that may result in conditional factors for the student’s adjustment at this level: time-space changes, as well as organizational and dynamic changes that would set the new educational environment and social context in which this new stage will be developed. Such conditional factors that affect learning in incoming students: programs, teaching methodology, learning styles and new evaluation methods will be discussed. As a result of this research, a proposal is presented to facilitate transition from primary to the secondary education. This proposal includes guidelines for awareness and strengthening of pedagogical mediation, which would contribute to the permanence of students from all types of institutions in the education system.  (1) [Translator’s note: The Costa Rican education system is composed of primary education (1st-6th grade) and secondary education (7th-11th grade).]

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.

O PROCESSO DE OCUPACAO DO MUNICIPIO DE JUARA-MT/BRASIL

Este trabalho discute o processo de ocupação do Município Juara-MT. Tendo como questionamento norteador as implicações do processo de ocupação que deram origem a esse município, as transformações no espaço agrário e os impactos ambientais? E tem como objetivo analisar o processo de ocupação e a transformação no espaço agrário e os impactos ambientais do Município de Juara. A pesquisa esta sendo desenvolvida através de levantamento bibliográfico, pesquisa de campo  e análise de dados. Espera-se que o resultado da pesquisa contribua com o entendimento da ocupação desse municipio, as suas transformações espaciais e os impactos no ambiente. Nos últimos anos intensificou-se a preocupação com o ambiente, apresentando-se assim, várias ações de diversos setores da sociedade para o desenvolvimento de atividades, projetos no intuito de educar as comunidades, procurando sensibilizá-la, bem como mobilizá-la para a modificação de atitudes que visem o equilibrio ambiental, pois se entende que é necessário estudar o porquê do problema ambiental.