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The paper establishes a relation between the philosophy didactics and the philosophy of education, trying to prove that there is, in fact, many authors believe, a relation between both. Not because philosophy implies always, like some authors think, a certain kind of teaching, but only when teachinglearning of philosophy corresponds to the nature of philosophy and to its specific demands. Wich means that a philosophy didactics, that corresponds to the nature of philosophy, presupposes a philosophy of education in wich the education is not philosophic

In this work one settles down a conceptual relationship between education in values and axiological experience. For us, education in values, as a task, is centred in making axiological experience and education in values; as a result, it can be identified with the achievement of the capacity to use the axiological experience as an instrument for building up oneself (or the growing of oneself) and his/her development as a person. From the point of view of the accomplishment of the value, it is important, in values education, both the knowledge and

The present article approaches the epistemological solvency and the innovative potential of the pedagogical knowledge of Education policy for the current design and the most disputed questions of the educational system. Recognising the necessary political dimension of education and its irreducible complexity does not mean that we have to accept the exclusively ideological character of education policies or the disability pf the reason to construct an educational project. From a new epistemological approach, indebted to the critical approaches of

This paper studies the family education received by a sample of students who obtained Premio Extraordinario de Bachillerato (PEB- Extraordinary Award for Baccalaureate). It searches near and remote factors which appear to be linked to high achievement. It is structured in two parts. The first or theoretical framework considers two interdependent axis: why and in which aspects family education is important, and why schools should face the diversity of high achievers. The second part gathers the characteristics of the kind of family education received

Racism is the expression of a relationship in which a domination demonstrates itself through all human relations. It takes on different forms, evolves continuously, and whatever variables it uses, it always reaches the same conclusion: that it is impossible for people of different cultures to coexist. Intercultural education, the very germ and yeast of coexistence, promotes a set of core principles that are vital in the fight against racism and discrimination.   Key Words: intercultural education, racism, multiculturalism, culture, cultural

The aim of this work was to test the efficiency of a new method (BIT) to teach to the students with Downs Syndrome the basic elements of the new ICT and to check their effects on different cognitive and personal variables. The sample was formed by 60 students with low or moderate mental deficiency. The results show that the BIT method, studentscentered, was effective to incorporate these students to use the new technology, promoting their social and educational integration as their integration in the labour market. The results also prove that technology

This article analyses critically the semantics and epistemological problems of the conception on the social construction of meaning and knowledge. This view is shared by History of Curriculum and has repercussion on wide variety of pedagogical views (mainly, those based on critical and sociological approaches). The author develops the analysis in three steps: firstly, he points out a synthesis of the positions on social construction in semantics and in epistemology; secondly, he analyses critically the semantic and epistemology aspects involved;

This article offers a critical examination of the educational ideas in Amartya Kumar Sens capabilities theory, one of the fathers of Human Development and winner of the Nobel Prize in 1998. After comparing the role of education in Human Development theory and Human Capital theory, I make an enquiry on educational applications of capabilities beyond socio-economic development, particularly in the relationship between liberty and education, and in educational quality with regard to school diversity.   Key Words: Human development, human capital,