Presentation

This subject looks at the educational relationship between family and society. Both educational contexts will be established and the importance of family education and the difference between programmed (school) and spontaneous (family) education will be discussed. These distinctions will lead to the analysis of formal, non-formal and informal education. Also, the relationship between family and school will be studied.

When talking about family, the different stages in its educational task will be distinguished: the education that takes place in the first and second childhood, and specific reflection on this task. The training that schools must impart to parents should also be analysed. Therefore, we will dedicate a unit to the School for Parents as a tool for family training.

The characteristics of the family as a social system, as well as the changes in the family institution in recent decades will be studied. Finally, we will spend some time looking at the role of the community, preferably giving priority to two topics: the media and their educational influence, and family orientation and education in values.

Competences

Basic competences

• BC2. Students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner, and possess the skills that they usually demonstrate through the development and defence of arguments, as well as the resolution of problems within their area of study.
• BC4.Students can transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to a specialised and non-specialised public.

General competences

• GC5. Reflect in a group about the acceptance of norms and respect for others. Promote the autonomy and uniqueness of each student as factors of education of emotions, feelings and values in early childhood.
• GC7. Know the educational implications of information and communication technologies and, in particular, television in early childhood.

Specific competences

• SC10. Create and maintain communication links with families to effectively influence the educational process.
• SC12. Promote and collaborate in actions inside and outside the school, organised by families, local councils and other institutions with an impact on citizen education.
• SC14. Know the historical development of the family, the different types of families, lifestyles and education in the family context.

Program

Unit 1. Education, family and society.
Conceptual boundaries: formal, non-formal and informal education
Areas of non-formal education
The areas of formal and non-formal education today
Bibliography.

Unit 2. Family education in a changing world
Family and school: two educational contexts
Relations between the family and school
Schools in the information society
The role of the media
Bibliography

Unit 3. The educational family.
The socialisation process
The family and education in early infancy
The family and education in the second stage of infancy
Bibliography

Unit 4. Education, family and community
Education in community and family
Education in values
Bibliography

Unit 5. School for parents
Communication with families
School for parents
Program for school for parents
Methodology for family workshops
Bibliography

Unit 6. Family educational practice
Characteristics of the family
The family: social changes and new models
The family as a social system
Educational styles of family
The authority of the family
Bibliography

Unit 7. The media and educational influence
The media culture
Does television educate?
Appropriate use
Bibliography

Unit 8. Family orientation
Educational orientation for the family and the school
Family, education, values
Education social skills
Education in infancy
Bibliography

Methodology

The different tasks and activities programmed during the semester have been developed with the goal of adapting the learning process to the different capabilities, necessities and interests of the students.

The activities included in the subject are:

• Work. These are activities of different types: reflection, case analysis, practice, etc.
• Participation in events. Events are scheduled every week of the semester: virtual face-to-face sessions, discussion forums, tests.
• Reading commentary. This is a very specific type of activity that consists in the analysis of texts of articles by expert authors in different units of the subject.

In the weekly program you can find the specific tasks you need to complete in this subject.

These activities are combined with the following aspects:

• Personal Study
• Tutoring. The tutoring class can be implemented through different tools and means. During the course of the subject, the teacher-tutor plans the individual tutoring on specific days for the resolution of academic-oriented doubts through “Consultation sessions”. Supplementing these sessions, students have also available the “Ask your teacher” forum through which they can formulate questions and check the corresponding answers on general aspects of the subject.  Due to the very nature of the media used, there are no fixed schedules for the students.
• Mandatory on-site final exam.

Bibliography

Basic bibliography

The necessary texts for the study of this subject had been elaborated by UNIR and are available in a digital format for consultation, download and print in the virtual classroom.

Aguirre, A. M., Caro, C. Fernández, S. y Silvero, M. (2018). Family, school and society. Teacher's manual. Logroño: UNIR EDITORIAL. ISBN: 978-84-17450-18-2. Disponible en el aula virtual.

Evaluation and assessment

The evaluation system is based on the following numerical chart:

The grade is made up of two components:

On-site final exam (60%). At the end of the semester, you need to assist a mandatory on-site final exam. You need to pass the final exam so the grade obtained from the assignments (continuous assessment) is summed up to the final grade of the subject. 

Continuous assessment (40%): this type of assessment will be measured through the different assignments you need to complete during the course:

• Active participation and involvement in forums, online classes.
• Tasks. The completion of the different activities the students need to send through our virtual classroom such as research, critical thinking, practice cases.
• Self-evaluation tests. At the end of each unit, students will find a short quiz which will help the students to check the knowledge acquired during the course.

Remember that you can check the points (value) of each assignment in the weekly program.

Take into account that the sum of the grades of the assignments included in the continuous assessment is 6 points. You can do as many as you want to until a maximum grade of 4 points (which is the maximum grade you will be obtaining in the continuous assessment)In the weekly program, you can find the grade of each assignment. .

Tips

Studying online means you can organize your study as you wish, as long as you meet the due dates of the different assignments (activities, tasks and tests). In order to help you, we propose the following steps:

1. From our online platform you will have access to each of the subjects you are enrolled. Apart from this, the virtual classroom of Lo que necesitas saber antes de empezar (All you need to know before starting). In this section, you have available all the documents on how to use the different tools included in the virtual classroom, how a subject is organized and you will also have the possibility to organize your study plan with the tutor.
2. Do not forget to check the weekly program. You will see which part of the content of the course you have to work on every week.
3. After knowing your work for the week, go to Temas in your virtual classroom. There, you will have access to the study material (theory and practice) from the unit you need to study throughout the week.
4. Start by reading the Key ideas of each unit, there you will find the specific study material and it will help you understand the most important points of the unit. Afterwards, check out the sections Specially Recommended and More Information where you will find more resources in order to deepen on the topic of the unit. .
5. Devote some time to the practical cases and tasks in the subject (assignments and test). Remember that in your weekly program you find all the information related to the schedule for each assignment and the maximum grade you can obtain in each of them.
6. We strongly recommend you to participate in the Events of the course (online classes, forums….). To know the precise schedule of the events, you need to check the communications tools in the virtual platform. Your teacher and tutor will inform you on the updates of the course.

Remember that in Lo que necesitas saber antes de empezar (All you need to know before starting) you can check how the different tools of the virtual classroom work: email, forum, online classes, sending the tasks, etc.