OfficialDiscourses in theeducationalsystems. Competencies: thenew curriculum password

The utility of knowledge has always been assumed to be one of the essential and structural questions in any educational and curriculum narrative. In fact, the utility of knowledge frames different designs for educational systems. Knowledge, as presented in public education systems, originates in the mainstream culture as an “accumulated capital for a future time or cultural ornament” (Beane, 2002, p.19). It is shaped and sequentially arranged in a compartmentalized way that often is far removed from everyday context of students. Moreover, knowledge is frequently framed as being needed for a certain or eventual future requirement. Historically there has always been a hierarchical relation within the formal structure of learning, involving contents (what), time (when), and utility (what for). The traditional difference in social status of the different kinds of knowledge and their utilities is connected with the way education emerges institutionally, as well as the demands of the economy. The concept of competence was born at the center of this tension and has been developing there, and there is must be rebuilt.

La literatura juvenil publicada en Portugal: de las grandes tiradas comerciales a la interacción en la Web 2.0

Este artículo explica los cambios que Internet ha introducido en la lectura de textos juveniles y en la promoción de estos a partir de epitextos públicos virtuales u onlines como los blogs, los foros de lectura y los Booktrailers. Estas nuevas formas de lectura suponen un nuevo tipo de interacción entre el autor del texto y el lector, quienes comparten informaciones en espacios digitales de lectura sobre el contenido e interpretación de la obra literaria. Un ejemplo concreto de este nuevo tipo de interacción lectora es la obra literaria, publicada en Portugal, A revolta dos sátiros (2014), de Ana Soares y Bárbara Wong. A partir de un password, el lector de este texto juvenil puede acceder a un espacio virtual en el que conocerá la continuación de esta, accederá a informaciones muy diversas sobre el texto literario y podrá interaccionar con el autor y los lectores de este texto juvenil.