Equipos Docentes en la Enseñanza Secundaria Obligatoria: Posibilidades e Incertidumbres

Alternative Title

Teacher Teams in Compulsory Secondary Education: Possibilities and Uncertainties

Creator

Maria Teresa González González

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

October 2007

Abstract

This paper is about the constitution of teacher teams in the Educación Secundaria, something proposed in the Ley Orgánica de Educación (LOE, 2006). First, a discussion of the disadvantages of organizing high schools by academic departments is presented, namely, the tendency of teachers to communicate mainly with those colleagues working in the same curricular area, the difficulties involved in the development of curricular projects that translate into globally coherent school experiences meaningful and relevant for the students, and the repercussions of such structures on the caring and support for students. Against this background, it is suggested that one of the alternatives to counteract the effects of departmentalization entails the creation of teacher teams. The new possibilities of coordination offered by teams are then commented, as they are seen as appropriate instruments to articulate the work and reflection of their members on cross curricular issues. Finally, some uncertainties and complexities of this new structure are discussed, namely, the possibility of it being applied only at a formal level, the difficulties involved in the coexistence of teams and departments, or the risk of overlooking the ”instituto” as a globally oriented educational institution.

Keywords

Teaching teams, Education--Spain

Extent

20

Geographic Location

Spain

Volume

15

Issue

20

Language

Spanish; English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Note

Citation: González González, Mª Teresa (2007). Equipos docentes en la Enseñanza Secundaria Obligatoria: posibilidades e incertidumbres. Archivos Analíticos de Políticas Educativas, 15 (20). Recuperado [fecha] de http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/

Identifier

E11-00527

Creative Commons

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

González González, Maria Teresa, "Equipos Docentes en la Enseñanza Secundaria Obligatoria: Posibilidades e Incertidumbres" (2007). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 241.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/241