The spanish educational system. Bacground for Project learning

1. SPANISH EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
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2. Educational System Structure
PRE- SCHOOL
EDUCATION
1ST Cycle: 0-3 years old
2nd Cycle: 3-6 years old

3. Educational System Structure
PRIMARY
EDUCATION
6TH YEARà11 YEARS OLDà
INDIVIDUALIZED EVALUATION
5TH YEARà 10 YEARS OLD
4TH YEARà9 YEARS OLD
3RD YEARà 8 YEARS OLDà
INDIVIDUALIZED EVALUATION
2ND YEARà7 YEARS OLD
1ST YEARà 6 YEARS
OLD

4. Educational System Structure
SECONDARY
EDUCATION
1ST CYCLE: 1ST YEAR: 12 YEARS OLD
2ND YEAR: 13 YEARS OLD
3RD YEAR: 14 YEARS OLD--
- àimprovement programmes--------à
2ND CYCLE: 4TH YEAR: 15 YEARS OLD

5. Educational System Structure
SECONDARY
EDUCATION
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMMES --> After the 1st cycle
of Compulsory Secondary Education, and in exceptional
circumstances after the 2nd cycle:
INITIAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
AND TRAINING

6. Educational System Structure
SECONDARY EDUCATION
After the second cycle of Compulsory Education or after
INITIAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
CONTINUING
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING

7. Educational System Structure
SECONDARY EDUCATION
After the second cycle of Compulsory Education or after
CONTINUING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
BACCALAUREATE
(2 years)
Science and
Technology
Arts Social Science
and Humanities

8. Educational System Structure
HIGHER EDUCATION
After Baccalaureate or after Continuing Vocational
Education and Training
HIGHER VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND
TRAINING
HIGHER LEVEL
VET CYCLES
HIGHER STUDIES
IN SPORTS
HIGHER STUDIES IN
ART AND DESIGN

9. Educational System Structure
HIGHER EDUCATION
After Baccalaureate or after Higher
Vocational Education and Training
UNIVERSITY ACCESS TEST
UNIVERSITY
DEGREES
MASTER
PhD

10. Primary Education Areas
CORE SUBJECTS IN ALL THE LEVELS
📘 Natural Science
📘 Social Science
📘 Spanish language and Literature
📘 Mathematics
📘 1st Foreign Language

11. Primary Education Areas
SPECIFIC SUBJECTS IN ALL THE LEVELS
📘 Physical Education
📘 Religion/ Social and Civic Values
(Parent´s choice)
At least one of the following options
(Established by the Autonomous
Community)
📘 Arts
📘 Second Foreign Language

12. Primary Education Areas
AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY CHOICE
Schools can add one subject of their choice

13. Evaluation
📝 Individualised evaluation after the 3rd year. (Regulated by the Autonomous
Community)
📝 Final evaluation after the 6th year. (The Ministry of Education, Culture and
Sports establishes the assessment criteria and the general characteristics of
the test)
📝 Every school and teacher use their own instruments of evaluation to check
the level of acquisition of the different key competences by the students.
📝 Continuous and formative assessment.

14. Primary Education Main Characteristics
📌 There are 6 levels of Primary Education
📌 Students can only be held back once, at any level
📌 There are three types of subjects.
📌 The amount of hours per subject is specified by the
Autonomous Community

15. Compulsory Secondary Education Areas
1st year 2nd year 3rd year
Biology and
Geology
Biology and Geology
Geography and
History
Geography and
History
Geography and History
Spanish Language
and Literature
Spanish Language
and Literature
Spanish Language and
Literature
Core Subjects in the First Cycle
Physics and
Chemistry
Physics and Chemistry
First Foreign
Language
First Foreign
Language
First Foreign Language
Optional Mathematics

16. Compulsory Secondary Education Areas
General Core Subjects in the Second Cycle
Baccalaureate oriented VET oriented
Geography and History Geography and History
Spanish Language and
Literature
Spanish Language and
Literature
1st Foreign Language 1st Foreign Language
Academic Mathematics Applied Mathematics
4th year

17. Compulsory Secondary Education Areas
Core Subjects in the Second Cycle
(choice of two)
4th year
Baccalaureate oriented VET oriented
Biology and Geology Applied Science
Physics and Chemistry Introduction to
Entrepreneurial and
Business Activity
Economy Technology
Latin

18. Compulsory Secondary Education Areas
Specific Subjects for each year of the First Cycle
📚 Physical Education
📚 Religion or Ethics
Minimum 1 maximum 4 of the following list:
📚 Entrepreneurial and Business activity
📚 Classic Culture
📚 Music
📚 Technology
📚 Visual and Audio-visual Arts
📚 2nd Foreign Language
📚 Religion (if it has not already been chosen)
📚 Ethics (if it has not been already chosen)

19. Compulsory Secondary Education Areas
Specific Subjects in the Second Cycle
📚 Physical Education
📚 Religion or Ethics
Minimum 1 maximum 4 of the following list:
📚 Dramatic Art and Dance
📚 Scientific culture
📚 Classic Culture
📚 Philosophy
📚 Music
📚 Information and Communication
Technology
📚 2nd Foreign Language
📚 Visual- Audio-Visual and Fine Arts
📚 1 of the non chosen Core materials
📚 Religion (if it has not already been
chosen)
📚 Ethics (if it has not been already chosen)

20. Compulsory Secondary Education Areas
Free configuration Areas in 1st and 2nd Cycle
📚 Co-official languages
📚 Specific subjects that has not been taken.

21. Key Competences
🔑 Linguistic competence
🔑 Mathematical competence and basic competence of science
and technology
🔑 Digital competence
🔑 Learning to learn competence
🔑 Social and civic competence
🔑 Initiative and entreprenurial competence
🔑 Cultural conscience and expression

22. Common Contents To All Areas
🔃 Reading Comprehension
🔃 Oral and Written Expression
🔃 Audio-visual Communication
🔃 ICT
🔃 Sense Initiative and Entrepreneurial
🔃 Civic and Constitutional Education

23. Assessment
📝 Continuous
📝 Educational
📝 Integrating