Spanish - Education
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Articles
Aspectos clave del sistema educativo - A brief, nicely-formatted article that outlines in bullet points key aspects of Spain's educational system in Spanish, including the characteristics of its educational administration, its organizational structure, key purposes, common characteristics of its educators, a description and explanation of the various levels of education that are provided, and links to additional resources
Educación en España - The Wikipedia article on education in Spain
Información general de la Educación Secundaria Obligatoria - A website from the Spanish Ministry of Education with tabs for the following topics: Organization, eligibility requirements, evaluation and promotion, post-graduation options (Click here to see information designed for students, such as a list and description of electives)
Introducción: El sistema de educación español - A brief article that describes the educational system in Spain (including educational levels, public vs. private schools)
Los 11 aspectos que definen la calidad educativa del centro - A blog post from Educaweb that briefly lists 11 factors that contribute to high quality education
Red Educativa Mundial: España - An extremely brief page with one-sentence descriptions of each educational level offered in Spain that contains information about whether it is obligatory or not and what courses of study each level includes
EL SISTEMA EDUCATIVO EN ESPAÑA - A brief, nicely-formatted article in Spanish that explains the various levels of education in Spain
Un día en la vida de un estudiante Mexicana - A series of captioned pictures that provide the daily school routine of a student in Mexico.
Comics
Mafalda y la escuela - A book of Mafalda comics about school from Argentina [Contributed by Rachel Crook]
Infographics
Definición del “éxito de los estudiantes- Infographic about how students in Spain define success [Contributed by Rachel Crook]
Music
Bonny Cepeda - Fiesta de graduación (1991) - Song is full of vocabulary words relating to school (amigos, computadoras, contabilidad, estudiantes, idiomas, graduación, matricularé, medicina, universidad, etc.), as well as future tense (bailaré salsa y merengue, estaré, estudiaré, matricularé, presentaré, seguiré, tomaré, etc.)
Los Twist - El estudiante (song about the "ideal student," lyrics available here
Poetry
Educar por Gabriel Celaya - A beautiful, metaphorical poem in Spanish that compares education to a ship's motor [Contributed by Rachel Crook]
Realia
Boleta de calificaciones 2 (Mexico)
School Schedules
Mi horario de clases - A 1:55 min. video in Spanish in which a student explains his school schedule [Contributed by Camille Henrie]
Songs
A LA RUEDA RUEDA de pan y canela - Canciones Infantiles | Elite Kids - A 1:41 min. animated music video of the children's nursery rhyme song in Spanish (Alternate version)
Videos
Las carencias de las escuelas en Guatemala - A 4:13 min. video that highlights the fundamental lack of infrastructure and supplies in some schools in Guatemala. (Note: It would be important to contrast this video with videos of more affluent schools in Guatemala.) [Contributed by Dylan Boren]
CÓMO ES EL SISTEMA EDUCATIVO EN ESPAÑA - A 14:56 min. video of a person from Spain explaining the education system in Spain. Explanation: This video was made for those who are thinking about or trying to enroll in the education system in Spain. [Contributed by Rachel Crook]
Diferencias entre escuelas de EE. UU. y México - An 18:33 min. video in which a young adult highlights differences in schools in the U.S. v. in Mexico in Spanish [Contributed by Dylan Boren]
Escuela Secundaria--Un Día Típico en la Escuela - A 2:16 min. documentary-type video in which a female narrator explains a typical school day of a student in Spain, including information about homework, assignments, with authentic clips from schools. [Contributed by Rachel Crook]
Español - La escuela en España - A 2:52 min. informational-type video where a student explains some of the main things about schools in Spain (in slow Spanish), including how school in Spain is structured (la primaria, el colegio, la secundaria), school subjects, school schedule, relationships with teachers, typical school day, etc. He briefly contrasts school in Spain with school in Italy [Contributed by Rachel Crook]
Llegando a la escuela EU & Guatemala - A split screen video about getting to school. Would be good for comparison/contrast, but it would be important to emphasize to students that this is just ONE school in Guatemala, and to show other examples of schools in more affluent areas [Contributed by Dylan Boren]
Mi Colegio - A video of a student giving a tour of his school (Colegio Vocacional Itzagual) in Mexico
¡Primer día de clases! - A 5:08 min. video compilation with interviews that shows the first day of classes and how students feel about it in two different schools in El Salvador [Contributed by Hannah Fenwick]
El primer día de clases - A video about the first day of school in a Peruvian school. Includes clear speakers, a bit of discussion about how the teachers don't all come on the first day and that some students don't come with uniform (and some are against it).
Websites
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