1. Marta Guzmán and Pedro Cuesta
Decroly
Diversity Attention
Plan
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Marta Guzmán and Pedro Cuesta
26 th Apr2012

2. “Attention to Diversity is the core of teachers and teacher educators’ training”
LOE (Act of Education)
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3. Quality of education for everybody through
EDUCATION PRINCIPLES
Quality of education for everybody through
Equity Equal opportunities.
Facing new challenges and difficulties.
Attending students’ necessities.
Respecting students’ physical, cognitive and affective development.
Respecting students’ learning styles and the way they are doing it
Providing them with the required educational support.
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4. Different cognitive styles Different personality
Being diverse means:
Each student has his own different individual characteristics which will affect his learning process:
Different aptitudes
Different interests
Different cognitive styles
Different personality
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5. Attention to Diversity Programme (PAD)
To achieve this education principles Decroly:
Attention to Diversity Programme (PAD)
Objectives
To improve our student’s achievements
To reduce dropout rates
To attend the individual needs with the purpose of finding a post
To promote vocational studies
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6. Attention to Diversity Programme (PAD)
Analysis of the situation in Decroly
Proposed Measures to achieve the established objectives in the PAD
Special resources
Method of monitoring, assessment and checking the PAD
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7. Analysis of the situation
The context
Socio-economic and cultural characteristics of the area
Analysis of the educational community
Students of initial vocational qualification programs:
Students at Intermediate level Vocational training courses:
Upper level Vocational Training courses:
Educational implications arising from the analysis of the context
Teachers
Parents
Students
Work Placements
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8. Analysis of the situation
We find diversity attending to:
cultural origin
familiar context
learning styles
Socioeconomic background
mother tongue
disability
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9. Foreigners Students:
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10. WHAT DO WE DO?
Evaluate psicopedagogical situations related to the development of training programmes.
Once we detect the problem, we advice and intervene in difficult situations related to the learning and training process.
We analyze training context, detecting and getting involved in measures that may affect school effectiveness and social cohesion.
We work within networks with other professionals like the Regional Ministry of Education; AMICA, …
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11. Measures Unity in Diversity 2011-1-DE2-GRU06-07803 2 Measures Common
General
Organizational
Curricular
Coordination
Individual
Specific
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12. Common measures (for all the students group) Individual measures
General Measures
General Measures: focus to prevent potential difficulties and where appropriate facilitate the overcoming of them and elaborate deeply the curriculum, organization and actions coordination and the adaptation without significantly altering its essential elements.
Common measures (for all the students group)
Individual measures
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13. General Common Measures
Organizational
Adapting the composition and number of students to the characteristics and needs
Staff coordination
Curricular
Modification non-significant of content, objectives and assessment criteria of the ordinary curriculum
Encourage the participation of the students by the use of methodological strategies
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14. General Common Measures
Coordination
Initial meeting with the group of students and parents
Individualized follow-up of each students
Monthly coordination meetings
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15. Individual Common Measures
Adapted to the student with special needs
Tutorship support
Adapting the assessment to the individual capacities of each student
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16. Specific Measures
Specific Measures: focus to prevent potential difficulties and where appropriate facilitate the overcoming of them and elaborate deeply the curriculum, organization and actions coordination and the adaptation with significantly altering its essential elements.
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17. Specific Measures
To support of learning for students with language difficulties and/or cultural grounds or with low standard of general education
Apply to the Regional Ministry of Education increase the number of examinations sessions
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18. Self-learning: Free courses funded by the regional Ministry
Other Measures
Teacher training:
Cooperation between teachers from different schools
Self-learning: Free courses funded by the regional Ministry
Workshops, conferences, congresses... public or private funded, to exchange experiences and good practices
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19. Monitoring and assessment
A group of teachers (CESPAD) carry out the monitoring of the PAD.
They will have meetings twice monthly
Quarterly they will make a report about the monitoring of the PAD to the Pedagogical Coordination Commission and to the rest of the teachers
At the end of the course, Decroly will send a report to the Regional Ministry of Education.
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20. Any questions
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21. Thank you very much for your attention
Marta Guzmán and Pedro Cuesta
Apr2012
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