Curriculum Project of the Center: A Guide for Religion Teachers
ITEM 9. CURRICULUM PROJECT OF THE CENTER
PCC CENTER DETERMINANTS
You can highlight three factors.
School Educational Project (PEC)
It is mandatory that schools develop educational purposes, called PEC, determining the far-reaching educational profiles that characterize and define the center. “The educational aims of the center are the option that makes the educational community specifying and prioritizing the principles, values and norms legitimized by the legal system in force that give identity and
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Enlightenment Ideas
Hope for the Future, Destruction of Inequalities, and Progress of Equality
The Enlightenment ideas present in the first text are hope for the future, destruction of inequalities, progress of equality, and confidence in reason.
According to the text, “hope for the future” is the basis for “destruction of inequalities” and the progress of equality”. Confidence in reason is shown when Condorcet says “the day will come when the Sun will shine on the Earth on only free men
Read MoreThe Impact of Enculturation on Social Change and Control Through Information
Effects Between Enculturation Practices and Social Change
Enculturation
Stories (fiction, current affairs, history, learning…): Representation – subjective and collective representation?
Cognitive: Personal representations of the actors // Congruence between the goals or vocations and social positions?
Social-Historical: Social practices within the group // Positions and functions of the actors?
History: Social change // Mark for social action.
Enculturation: It is a linear process and can guide social
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Hofstede’s Framework: Dimensions of Culture
1. Power Distance
This dimension measures the extent to which a culture accepts social inequality. Cultures with large power distance tend to have more hierarchical organizations and greater inequality between superiors and subordinates.
2. Masculinity versus Femininity
This dimension captures the extent to which a culture emphasizes masculinity (personal assertiveness, wealth accumulation) versus femininity (caring for others, relaxed lifestyles).
3. Long-
Read MoreEvolution of Indian Education System: Key Recommendations from Sadler Commission, Woods Despatch, and Indian Education Commission
Recommendations of Sadler Commission on Higher Education (1917)
University Education
- Separate intermediate class from university
- Three-year degree course
- Unitary teaching institutes instead of affiliating authorities
Model University
- Establish a university in Dacca
Teaching University
- Start a teaching university in Calcutta
Development of Mufussil Colleges
- Develop mufussil colleges to foster new universities
Flexibility and Autonomy
- Make university rules and regulations flexible and free from official control
Honors
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The Common School Movement
The “common school” has a double meaning: it represents both an educational viewpoint and a novel concept of school organization, as well as a social movement promoted by progressive political parties. The educational background of the common school can be traced back to philosophers like Plato, Comenius, and Pestalozzi, but its concrete expression is found in the works of Condorcet and Fichte.
From a pedagogical and social perspective, the Single School emerged in the 1920s,
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