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Society, Family and School

Code: 102006
Credits: 6
2026/2027
Degree programme Type Course
Early Childhood Education FB 2

Contact lecturer

Name :
Paloma Valdivia Vizarreta
Email :
paloma.valdivia@uab.cat

Teaching staff

Paloma Valdivia Vizarreta
Andrea Jover Pujol
Enric Sauri Saula

Group languages

You can consult this information at the end of the document.

Prerequisites

No requirements

Objectives

The aim of this course is to present the relationship between the different bodies taht represent Society, Family and School

Learning outcomes

  1. Identifying the teacher's framework of autonomy in today's society.
  2. Demonstrate knowledge of the evolution of the educational implications of the information and communications technology and in particular of television in early childhood.
  3. Understand the historical evolution of the family, different types of families, lifestyles and education in the family context.
  4. Recognising the social value of education and the value of diversity in order to acquire resources that encourage inclusive education and performance in multicultural contexts.
  5. Create and maintain communication links with families to have an effective impact on the education process.
  6. Know and perform the duties of tutor and counsellor in relation to family education.
  7. Reflecting in a group on the acceptance of standards and respect for others.
  8. Promoting and cooperating in initiatives, inside and outside of the school, organised by families, municipalities and other institutions with an emphasis on civic education.
  9. Understand the nature of the most relevant issues of complex societies in terms of gender, age, class and ethnicity and incorporate a critical reading with respect to the various forms of inequality and social exclusion.
  10. Understand the processes that occur in educational activities and their impact on training while accepting that the exercise of the educational function must be refined and adapted lifelong to scientific, educational and social changes.
  11. Analyse the sex- or gender-based inequalities and the gender biases present in one's own area of knowledge.
  12. Weigh up the impact of any long- or short-term difficulty, harm or discrimination that could be caused to certain persons or groups by the actions or projects.
  13. Identify the principal forms of sex- or gender-based inequality and discrimination present in society.

Contents

Section A. Pedagogy


Right to education, childhood and family policies
1. The right to education from a historical perspective
2. Child protection
3. The educational role of the family


Management of community relations for coexistence
4. Management of community relations and family
5. School, diversity and inequality: handling diversity from schools. Inequalities and discriminations.


Section B: Sociology


Social change and family diversity
1. Family and school diversity
2. Ruptures and separations and school
3. Work-life balance
4. Poverty and educational exclusion
5. Interculturality. Transnational families and parenting


Family-school participation
6. Family Involvement in School: Why and for What?
7. The structures of participation of families in schools.

Learning activities and methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Presencial in large grup 30 1.2 4, 7
Evaluation 0 0 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Supervised activities 30 1.2 5, 10, 11, 12, 13
Autonomus activities 75 3 5, 7, 8, 10, 13
Seminars 15 0.6 7, 8, 10

- They will be dynamic and digital classes for the large group: the digital class directed to the large group allows the exposition of the main contents and elements of discussion of the different thematic blocks and the seminars are spaces of work in small groups to analyse and debate the activities proposed by the teaching staff mainly on the Virtual Campus, to complement the theoretical sessions. Seminars will be held on campus and attendance is compulsory. Students will be assigned to one of the groups scheduled at the beginning of the course.

- This course includes activities for the development of Digital Teaching Competence.

- The activities supervised by the lecturer outside the classroom include a series of individual and group tutorials, both physical and virtual, which must be used to resolve difficulties, orientate tasks and ensure understanding of the learning of the subject.

- Autonomous work is work done independently by the student and involves the preparation of readings, cases and other types of tasks, exercises or work, to get the most out of the sessions and achieve the objectives of the subject.

Annotation: within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Assessment

Continuous assessment activities

Title Weight Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Deepening work Seminar Section A (group activity) 15% 0 0 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10
Deepening work Seminar Section B (group activity) 15% 0 0 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13
Evidences Section B Seminars (individual) 10% 0 0 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13
Test Section B (individual activity) 25% 0 0 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13
Text Section A (individual activity) 25% 0 0 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10
Evidences Section A Seminars (individual activty) 10% 0 0 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10

The continuous assessment of the course will be carried out throughout the academic year through the activities shown in the grid below.

The single assessment consists of submitting the individual evidence indicated in the Virtual Campus and taking the examination for both blocks on the same day as the test scheduled for block B.

Attendance at face-to-face sessions is compulsory. To pass the course, students must attend at least 80% of the scheduled sessions. This requirement is justified by the practical and participatory nature of the course, in which classroom activities, seminars and collaborative work form part of the learning process and continuous assessment. Duly justified absences will be assessed by the teaching staff responsible for the course, in accordance with the current academic regulations and the centre’s guidelines.

The grades obtained in each of the assessment activities will be provided to students within a maximum period of 20 days through the publication of the results in the Moodle classroom. Once the grades have been released, students may request a review of their grade during the tutoring hours established by the teaching staff, within ten days of receiving the grade.

The final grade for the course will be calculated by weighting the proposed assessment activities, as indicated in the grid. To pass the course, students must obtain a minimum grade of 5 in each of the assessment activities included in the course.

Students may be reassessed if they have not passed any of the assessment evidence (within the reassessment period indicated in the course schedule). The final grade for this reassessment will be either pass or fail.

The dates of the different evaluation activities are shown in the following table:


Activity Average Weight Dates Group 61 Dates Group 62
Deepening work seminar section A (group activity) 15% 20/10/2026 30/10/2026
Deepening work seminar section B (group activity) 15% 01/12/2026 11/12/2026
Test Section A (individual activity) 25% 20/10/2026 30/10/2026
Test Section B (individual activity) 25% 01/12/2026 11/12/2026
Evidences Seminars Section A (individual activity) 10% Each seminar Each seminar
Evidences Seminars Section B (individual activity) 10% Each seminar Each seminar
Resubmission
19/01/2027 22/01/2027



To pass this course, the student should show a good general communicative competence, both orally and in writing and a good command of the language and communication language contained in the syllabus.

To pass this course, the student must show good general communicative competence, both orally and in writing, and a good command of the language or languages spoken in the teaching guide.

All the activities developed by the students must be oriented to achieve an inclusive and accessible society that allows advancing towards the full autonomy of people, avoiding discrimination and promoting equal opportunities for everyone. It will use inclusive language in accordance with the following document: https://www.uab.cat/doc/pistes-us-no-sexista-llenguatge

In all the activities (individual and in group) the linguistic correction, the writing and the formal aspects of presentation will be taken into account. Students must be able to express themselves fluently and correctly and must show a high degree of comprehension of academic texts. We remind you that, in the case of the Catalan language, in the 1st and 2nd year it is requested that the student has a linguistic competence equivalent to Level 1 for Teachers ofInfant and Primary Education and that from the 3rd year of the Degree the studentmust have shown a competence equivalent to Level 2 for Teachers of Infant and Primary Education. See: http://www.uab.cat/web/els-estudis/-competencia-linguistica-1345698914384.html and \"Normativa d'avaluació en els estudis de la UAB\" http://mat.uab.cat/~seccio/documents/arxiu/Normativa_avaluacio.pdf).Copying or plagiarism in any type of assessment evidence constitutes a serious academic irregularity and will result in a grade of 0 for that evidence. In the event of several irregularities in the assessment activities of the same course, the final grade for the course will be 0.

Single assessment: the same reassessment system as for continuous assessment will apply.

Students will receive a grade of Not assessable whenever they have not submitted more than 30% of the assessment activities.

A piece of work, activity or examination will be considered “copied” when it reproduces all or a significant part of the work of another student.

A piece of work or activity will be considered “plagiarised” when part of a text by an author is presented as one’s own without citing the sources, regardless of whether the original sources are in paper or digital format.

Before submitting a learning evidence, students are advised to check that the sources, notes, direct quotations and bibliographic references have been correctly written following APA standards and in accordance with the documentation summarised in UAB sources:

(See documentation https://ddd.uab.cat/pub/recdoc/2016/145881/citrefapa_a2016.pdf)

(See UAB documentation on plagiarism at http://wuster.uab.es/web_argumenta_obert/unit_20/sot_2_01.html)

To pass this course, students must demonstrate good general communicative competence, both orally and in writing, and a good command of the language or languages of instruction stated in the course guide.

In all activities, both individual and group-based, linguistic accuracy, writing and formal presentation aspects will therefore be taken into account. Students must be able to express themselves fluently and accurately and must show a high degree of comprehension of academic texts. An activity may be returned, not assessed or failed if the teaching staff consider that it does not meet these requirements.

In this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted as an integral part of the development of the work, provided that the final outcome reflects a significant contribution by the student in terms of analysis and personal reflection. Students must clearly identify which parts have been generated using this technology, specify the tools used and include a critical reflection on how these tools have influenced the process and the final outcome of the activity. Lack of transparency in the use of AI will be considered a breach of academic honesty and may lead to a penalty in the activity grade, or to more serious sanctions in cases of severity.

This course includes activities for the development of Digital Teaching Competence (A2).

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Software

For this subject, a technological device that can be connected to the Internet is indispensable.

Course groups and languages

The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE

Type of teaching Group Language Semester Shift
(TE) Theory 61 Catalan first semester morning-mixed
(TE) Theory 62 Catalan first semester afternoon
(SEM) Seminars 611 Catalan first semester morning-mixed
(SEM) Seminars 621 Catalan first semester afternoon