EUROPEAN PROGRAM SOCRATES GRUNDTVIG

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EUROPEAN PROGRAM SOCRATES GRUNDTVIG
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EUROPEAN PROGRAM SOCRATES GRUNDTVIG
PARENTS AT SCHOOL
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How Galician families deal with their
childrens education A portrait and needs
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WORK GROUPS
TEACHERS AND PARENTS BECOME EUROPEAN
PARENTS
TEACHERS
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WORK GROUP
TEACHERS

• Xavier Galego Fernández
• Xosé Manuel López Fernández
• José Manuel García García
• Isabel Otero García
• Mª Teresa Martínez Palmero
• Luis Jar Pereira
• José A. Rodríguez Fernández
• Uxío Grande Sierra
• Rosana Sieiro Pérez

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WORK GROUP
PARENTS
Beatriz M., Carmen G, Aurora C., Clara P., Pilar
R., Irene R., Dondina M. V., Carmen A., J. Olivo,
Ana B., Jorge P., Manuel F., J. Luis B., Isabel
G., Angelines D., Alberto G., Mª Carmen G.,
Asunción A., Teresa F., Margarita T., Mª Luisa
F., Soledad S., J. Manuel F.,Mª Concepción F.
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Welcome, time to work
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1st WORKING SESSION
A PORTRAIT OF SOME GALICIAN FAMILIES
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SCHOOL SYSTEM
SOCIETY
CHILD
A SCHOOL FOR PARENTS
FAMILY ITSELF RELATIVES
FAMILY
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SCHOOL SYSTEM
SOCIETY
Whats it like?
And its influence?
Whats it like?
And its influence?
children
parents
Do I really know my children?
And its influence?
Whats it like?
Whats it like?
And its influence?
FAMILY ITSELF
CLOSE RELATIVES
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Time to think...
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EDUCATE
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Educate... How can we define the concept?...
Teach someone things as s/he grows up and
develops her/is intelligence, body and
morals. Teach someone to behave so that s/he
is able to share social life.
Source Diccionario Lengua Española. Anaya.
Primaria Xindirizs translation
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Quietly, but non-stop, we read something
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Education bequeathes things because it aims to
preserve and that because it tries to preserve
certain things because some values, behaviours,
abilities and ideas are considered positive. It
is never neutral it implies choosing, checking,pr
esupposing, convincing, praising and rejecting.
Education favours an ideal of man against others,
a model of citizenship, of work rules, of
psychological development and of what being
healthy is, which is not the only one but is
accepted as the best
FERNANDO SAVATER. The value of education Xindiriz
s translation
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Lets try and come to a conclusion
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• Am I really aware of my childrens abilities and
  limits?
• Do they trust me?, Do I talk to them about their
• difficulties and worries?
• Are we the same? Are they better or worse?
• In which sense?
• Do I really know what they think of me?
• What do I stand for god or bad apple?
• Do they appreciate what I try to do for them?
• Are they happy? Why?
• Is their studying important to me?
• What are my expectations about them?
• Do I normally study with them?
• What are the reasons for arguments evening
• going-out, money, school, friends?

parents
child
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parents

• What do grandparents think of their
• grandchildren?
• Do they agree with parents work?, why?
• Are comparisons established among cousins?
• Do our children feel the pressure of comparison?
• Is there any idol in the family everybody should
• compare to?
• What is our opinion about the rest of the family?
• Do we transmit it to our children?

CLOSE RELATIVES
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parents

• Do our children really need things or do we
• make them need things?
• In the case of more than one child, is there a
  favourite
• one amont them?
• Do we establish comparisons among them?
• What is their opinion about this?
• Do we really respect the different personalities
  of
• our children?
• What is our relation with our husband/wife? What
• is their view about that?
• Do we really live according to our possibilities?

FAMILY ITSELF
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• What is the real value of education for us?
• Do we know how many subjects our children
• study? And their timetable?
• What kind of problems appear when we try and
• help our children study?
• What help do they have to study in terms of books
• audiovisual materials and so on?
• How long do they study?
• Have they got a place to study?
• What is my opinion about my childrens school?
• And the teachers?
• How do we react when they have bad marks?
• Has he always been the same kind of student?
• Do they feel anxious before tests or exams?

parents
EDUCATION SYSTEM
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• Does he drink alcohol, smoke, take drugs?
• Has s/he a girl/boy friend?
• What kind of relationship do they establish with
• what surrounds them?
• Are they negatively influenced?
• How can I detect that?
• Do I feel too old or out of place to deal with
  what
• surrounds my children?
• What does free time mean for our children?
• What is the real influence of my childrens
  friends
• on them?

parents
SOCIETY
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2nd WORK SESSION
TEN WEAKNESSES