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Personalized teaching, practical teaching, effective teaching
The Degree in Primary Education trains qualified professionals to comprehensively educate children from six to twelve years of age, that is to say, throughout the primary education years. This period is based on the essential foundations of equality in education as well as special needs, so that all children have equal access to quality education. It is essential to achieve the acquisition of key pedagogical competences, including the ability to detect and treat learning difficulties, to encourage tutoring when needed; to be able to orientate students in their education and to be able to integrate families into the educational process.
Primary education is arranged in six year-long courses and organized into areas with a global and integrative nature, although it places emphasis on those that are more instrumental. It must be coordinated with early childhood education and compulsory secondary education to allow students an adequate transition from, and continuity to, the other stages of their educational process.
The purpose of this educational period, according to the Spanish Royal Decree 1513/2006 (December 7), and in conjunction with the development of the Spanish Organic Law of Education, establishes that the minimum standard for primary education, is "to provide all children an education that allows them to strengthen their personal development and their own well-being, acquire basic cultural skills related to oral expression and comprehension, reading, writing and calculation, to develop social skills, work habits and study skills, an artistic sensibility, as well as creativity and affection. "
The Degree in Primary Education: What can you specialize in?
In the primary education degree at Santa Ana University Center, three curricular specialization itineraries are offered which allow students to enrich their training in those areas that interest them the most. The following specializations are available:
Specialization in Physical Education:trains graduates in primary education to teach classes in the area of physical education in addition to those other areas of primary education that do not require a specialty (Royal Decree 1594/2011, November 4, which establishes the teaching specialties of professional teachers who work in early childhood education and primary education, as regulated by the Spanish Organic Law 2/2006, May 3, on Education, Article 3, point 3). In addition, in the Autonomous Community of Extremadura, this specialization permits teachers to act as an athletic trainer (for physical conditioning, recreational physical activity, or physical activity of a training nature), as specified in article 9 of Law 15 / 2015, April 16, which oversees the professional areas for athletic professions in Extremadura.
Specialization in Foreign Languages (English): trains graduates in primary education to teachforeign languages (English) in addition to the other areas of primary education that do not require a specialty (Royal Decree 1594/2011, November 4, which establishes the teaching specialties of professional teachers who work in early childhood education and primary education, as regulated by the Spanish Organic Law 2/2006, May 3, on Education, Article 3, point 3).
Specialization in Catholic Theology and its Teaching: allows students to obtain the DECA certificate (the Ecclesiastical Declaration of Academic Competence), issued by the Spanish Episcopal Conference, which confers the academic certification necessary to be a professor of the Catholic religion in public, private and semi-private schools, in both pre-school and primary education. Moreover, said certification is usually a requirement to be a staff member in Catholic educational centers. If a graduate in early childhood or primary education does not have the DECA certification, he or she can take the four subjects needed to add this additional qualification to their CV at CUSA.
Professional applications of the degree
- As a primary education teacher in public, private and subsidized educational centers, or in educational units of hospitals, prisons, NGOs, etc. The primary education teaching profession is regulated by the Order ECI / 3857/2007, December 27, (BOE 12/29/2007).
- As an educational caretaker for children from 6 to 12 years old, including for special needs children and in the areas of physical education and foreign languages (English).
- In management and administration of educational and informative projects in educational centers, children’s libraries, museums, art galleries, sports groups, theaters and publishing houses.
- In sociocultural and environmental education for leisure companies, work camps and other leisure and child training spaces.
- In research in the field of education.
- In areas not related to childhood: academies, popular universities, insurance agencies, schools and universities for the elderly, occupational training centers, museums and interpretative centers, etc.
Access to graduate education
Once the undergraduate studies are completed, a postgraduate degree can be completed in a related area, either in a professional field (oriented to the labor market of this degree), or in educational research.
In terms of post-graduate education at Santa Ana University Center, you can study an official and professional university master's degree: the Master's Degree in Educational Psychology.
For students with specific educational needs related to a disability, more information is available here.