Cartima Lower Secondary School

DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIT:

The unit will present one case study of a school in the Málaga area that deliberately develops policies in order to…

OBJECTIVES:

Reflect on own experiences of school promoting a sense of belonging, and of school engagement in the community and of the community participating in school life
Explore experiences of school engagement in the community and of the community engagement in the school
Analyse different dimensions (affective, organisational, political…) of school engagement in the community and of community engagement in school
Develop a theoretical basis for the experiences of school involvement in the community
Conceive ways of connecting the school and the community in one’s own context

EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES:

At the end of this unit the learners will have…

… become aware of and reflected on their own experiences of the school as a place of belonging, and of connections between the school and the community;
… received and analysed information on experiences of school-communities partnerships, and of schools promoting a sense of belonging among the pupils;
… interpreted school experiences on the issues dealt with in this unit in light of theoretical considerations and research conclusions; and,
… devised ways of connecting a particular school and the community.

APPLIED METHODOLOGIES:

Case study learning
Socratic questioning to foster critical thinking
Critical thinking and enquiry learning, as students will need to develop awareness of their own experiences, analyse these and other experiences, evaluate them, consider alternatives, identify factors that facilitate and hinder school-community relations, consider political issues around the unit topics, etc.
Cooperative learning as activities will place special emphasis on the sharing and discussion of ideas, experiences, insights, etc.
Independent, autonomous, self-study learning, as students will need to design some courses of action to promote school-community collaboration