Educational aim:

To enable students to take part in the democratic life of the classroom or the school and develop an attitude of openness to the world and respect for diversity.

Focuses of development:

- Promotion of the rules of social conduct and democratic institutions: democratic process for establishing rules of conduct in the school and the municipal, national and international contexts; principles of democracy; charters and basic laws; actors in the democratic process and respect for the role of each one; rights and responsibilities associated with democratic institutions; other ideologies and forms of political organization; protection of the citizen and mechanisms for redress

- Participation, cooperation and solidarity: principles, rules and strategies for teamwork; decision-making process based on compromise, consensus, etc.; establishment of egalitarian relationships; debate and argumentation; leadership; mutual help; community action projects

• To become familiar with various modes of communication.
• To use various modes of communication.
• To manage the communication process.

1. To use information

• To systematize the information-gathering process.
• To gather information.
• To put information to use.

3. To exercise critical judgement

• To form an opinion.
• To express his/her judgment.
• To qualify his/her judgment.

4. To use creativity

• To become familiar with all the elements of a situation.
• To explore.
• To adopt a flexible mode of operation.

7. To know him/herself

• To recognize his/her personal characteristics.
• To take his/her place among others.
• To be open to his/her surroundings.

8. To cooperate with others

• To interact with an open mind in various contexts.
• To contribute to team efforts.
• To use teamwork effectively.

• To use language/talk to communicate and to learn
• To represent her/his literacy in different media
• To read and listen to written, spoken and media texts
• To write to examine genres and their social functions

History and Citizenship Education

• To inquire into social phenomena from a historical perspective
• To interpret social phenomena using the historical method
• To construct his/her citizen's conciousness through the study of history

Moral Education

• To construct a moral frame of reference
• To take a reflective position on ethical issues
• To engage in moral dialogue