COD 2008 - PS25

Current Affairs in the Classroom

6th and 7th form teachers (Primary School), and teachers from all subjects and all levels of the Secondary School. Coordinators and School Heads are also welcome.

2 sessions, start: 10-Apr

Course detail

Year: 2008
Level: Primary / Secondary
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Mrs. Sonia Pino de Griffith
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ESSARP Schools
ARS
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Non affiliate
ARS 80.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 10 April 2008 05:30 pm 08:00 pm
2 24 April 2008 05:30 pm 08:00 pm

Facilitator/s

Sonia Pino de Griffith

UBA Sociology Graduate. Specialist in Educational Research, diploma issued by Inst. Sup J.V. Gonzalez. Social Studies Superior Diploma focused on Curriculum and Social Context issued by FLACSO (Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales) Former Educational Researcher within the Secretary of Education of the City of Buenos Aires. Former IGCSE and AS Sociology Teacher. At present teaches Peace and Conflict Studies (IBO School-based Syllabus) at Washington School and works as a free-lance researcher.
6th and 7th form teachers (Primary School), and teachers from all subjects and all levels of the Secondary School. Coordinators and School Heads are also welcome.
- Revise the importance of dealing with current affairs in class and the relevance of social, political, economic and environmental awareness in the education for citizenship. - Identify problems associated with the treatment of current affairs in class and work cooperatively to outline strategies in order to solve them. - Explore and assess different methods for dealing with current events in class.
- Is it desirable to discuss current affairs in class? If so, when is it appropriate? Does the school curriculum enable us, encourage us or limit our possibility of doing so? Does the treatment of certain issues have to be previously consulted with the school authorities? Should the topic be brought up by the teacher or should the teacher deal with it only when raised by the students? - How do we decide which are the topics/news that deserve our attention? How do we deal with our own bias? Could the issue or the way it is handled hurt anyone's feelings? If so, how could we moderate its impact? How do we deal with the students' and their parents' values and ideology? Are we aware of the values that the National Education System, the school we are working at, and ourselves are trying to foster? - Methods for introducing current affairs in the classroom: their pros and cons (articles, cartoons, videos, debates, etc.) Conclusions.
Theoretical explanations based on views from experts in the subject. Brainstorming. Discussion and Problem - solving in small groups. Pool of Experiences.
- Chaffee, S. (1990) Communication and Political Socialization. Columbia University. - Morduchowics, R. (1995) De la Actualidad a la Escuela. Buenos Aires: Aique. - Filmus, D. (Ed.) (1993) Para qué sirve la escuela. Buenos Aires: Tesis Grupo Editorial Norma. Otero, C. P. (Ed.) Noam Chomsky. Sobre Democracia y Educación. Volumen 2. Escritos sobre las instituciones educativas y el lenguaje en las aulas. Barcelona: Paidos. - Siede, I. (2007) La Educación Política. Ensayos sobre ética y ciudadanía en la escuela. Buenos Aires: Paidos. - Steger, M. (2003) Globalization. A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press. - Trilla, J. (1992) El profesor y los valores controvertidos. Neutralidad y beligerancia en la educación. Barcelona: Paidós. Online resources: - War, Terrorism and our Classrooms. Teaching in the aftermath of the September 11th Tragedy. Rethinking Schools. Urban Educational Journal. Special Report. - Retrieved September 20, 2006 from http://www.rethinkingschools.org
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