Secondary Education

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Compulsory Secondary Education comprises four academic years, which students will attend between the ages of twelve and sixteen (provided that no year is repeated). It is organized in four academic years and is divided into different subjects, in accordance with the principles of common education and attention to the diversity of students. Compulsory Secondary Education will contribute to the development of a series of skills in students, thus establishing a coherent methodology and agreed evaluation criteria:

OBJECTIVE A: ATTITUDES OF COEXISTENCE IN A PLURAL AND DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY

A.1.- Know, assume and exercise their rights and duties with respect for others, practice tolerance, cooperation and solidarity among individuals and groups, exercise in dialogue strengthening human rights as common values of a plural, open and democratic society.

A.2.- To foster attitudes that favor coexistence and avoid violence in the school, family and social environments.

A.3.- To value and respect, as an essential principle of our civilization, the equality of rights and opportunities of all people, regardless of their sex, rejecting any type of discrimination.

OBJECTIVE B: BASIC KNOWLEDGE AS FREE CITIZENS

B.1.- To analyze the mechanisms and values that govern the functioning of societies, especially those related to the rights, duties and freedoms of citizens, and to adopt personal judgments and attitudes towards them.

OBJECTIVE C: SPIRIT OF SELF-IMPROVEMENT BASED ON SELF-KNOWLEDGE

C.1.- To acquire, develop and consolidate habits of discipline, study and individual and team work as a necessary condition for an effective performance of learning tasks and as a means of personal development.

C.2.- To develop the entrepreneurial spirit and self-confidence, participation, critical sense, personal initiative and the ability to learn to learn, to plan, to make decisions and to assume responsibilities, valuing effort in order to overcome difficulties.

OBJECTIVE D: CREATIVE APPLICATION OF PROBLEM SOLVING

D.1.- To conceive scientific knowledge as an integrated knowledge that is structured in different disciplines, as well as to know and apply the methods to identify the problems in the different fields of knowledge and experience.

OBJECTIVE E: UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENT TYPES OF LANGUAGES AND CODES

E.1.- To understand and express complex texts and messages correctly, orally and in writing, in Spanish and English, and to initiate in the knowledge of reading and the study of literature.

E.2.- Understand and express him/herself in one or more foreign languages in an appropriate and effective manner.

E.3.- Value artistic creation and understand the language of the different artistic manifestations, using different means of expression and representation.

OBJECTIVE F: TAKE ADVANTAGE OF INFORMATION SOURCES, INCLUDING ICT. (INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES)

F.1.- To develop basic skills in the use of information sources in order to acquire new knowledge with a critical sense, as well as a basic preparation in the field of technologies, especially those of information and communication.

OBJECTIVE G: KNOWLEDGE OF THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT AND INTERCULTURALITY

G.1.- To know the fundamental aspects of the culture, geography and history of Spain and the world; to respect the artistic, cultural and linguistic heritage; to know the diversity of cultures and societies in order to be able to value them critically and develop attitudes of respect for one's own culture and that of others.

OBJECTIVE H: HEALTH AND PHYSICAL WELLBEING BASED ON KNOWLEDGE OF ONE'S OWN BODY

H.1.- To know the functioning of the human body, as well as the beneficial effects for health of physical exercise and proper nutrition, incorporating the practice of sport to promote personal and social development.

H.2.- Value social habits related to health, consumption, care of living beings and the environment, contributing to their conservation and improvement.

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