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 What does a map, a photograph or even our neighborhood have to do with the education of a primary school child?

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 In this course, we will discover that social sciences are much more present in the daily life of our students than we think.

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 I am Sergio and I want to welcome you to Didáctica de las Ciencias Sociales I.

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 The goal of this course is not only to know certain geography, history or heritage contents.

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 Above all, we will learn to teach social sciences, reflect on the process of teaching learning,

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 identify its main difficulties and select suitable methods, strategies and resources to facilitate learning.

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 We will also learn to use social sciences to understand the diversity of our society,

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 analyze socially relevant problems and contribute to the formation of a democratic and critical citizenship.

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 Throughout the course, we will begin by getting closer to the field of social sciences and its presence in the curriculum of primary education.

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 Then we will deal with geographical space and its didactic treatment,

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 and we will also get closer to the sciences of space and the didactics of astronomy.

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 In the second part, we will work on historical time and its didactic treatment,

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 and we will finish with cultural heritage and its educational possibilities.

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 But the course will not be limited to the exposure of contents.

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 The sessions will have a theoretical-practical character,

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 and we will combine oral exposures with debates and conceptual discussions, case studies,

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 production of educational materials and other individual and group activities.

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 The idea is that you can relate the concepts with real situations and transfer them to educational practice.

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 In addition, although there is an educational curriculum that we must follow,

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 we will also have a certain margin of manoeuvre to adapt it to the needs of our student.

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 Throughout the course, we will see how to take advantage of that margin in a fundamental way.

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 The assessment will combine a written, face-to-face test, which will represent 50% of the grade,

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 and other individual and group activities that will represent the remaining 50%.

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 Among these activities, the design and oral presentation of learning situations

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 of primary social sciences is included individually,

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 and in group, the production of a short podcast about the teaching of social sciences

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 to children between 6 and 12 years old, as well as the presentation of its content to the rest of the class.

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 During the course, you will have in the virtual classroom the necessary materials and resources,

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 as well as spaces to raise questions and reflections.

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 You will also have at your disposal basic bibliography and online resources.

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 I encourage you to actively participate and, above all, to ask yourself continuously

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 how I can help my student to make sense of the society in which he lives and to improve coexistence.

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 Well, I hope we enjoy this journey together and that you finish the course with more tools

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 and more confidence to teach this subject.

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 I welcome you to the didactics of social sciences.

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 Let's start!