Education in Europe and the global world. Good practice. HUMANITATE ETA HEZKUNTZA ZIENTZIEN FAKULTATEA
1ST UNIT OF WORK: LEARNING ABOUT THE BASQUE EDUCATION SYSTEM INTRODUCTION
Once that you have read the module’s booklet we will set the main objectives of this first unit of work. Remember that in this module we will be learning through the medium of English about education and good practice in Europe and the wider world.
Objectives of this unit of work: • •
Learn to talk in English about basic concepts in education Learn about the Basque Education System.
Final task: By the end of this unit of work, and taking into account the above mentioned objectives, you should be able to fulfill the following task: •
Individual final task: Look at the following situation:
“You are a teacher at a school taking part in a European project (Comenius) together with other European countries’ schools. Your first step in the project is to get to know the different participants’ education systems. You are having your first meeting with all the participants next month in Wroclaw (Poland). You have been asked to write a description of your system before the meeting and send it in advance to all the other participants, so that they can read it beforehand and prepare any questions to ask you at the meeting about it.” Basque education system description Taking as a reference the different inputs worked on throughout the unit of work (an article on our Ed. System, work done in class…), describe the Basque education system, in as much detail as possible, in a text of between 500-700 words. Make sure you use the right terms and that the text is yours, not a copy from other sources you may have access to (avoid plagiarism). You should upload this text in Mudle by Wednesday/Thursday 1st/2nd of February.
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