The Ministry of Education will launch the Eskola Adimentsua program in the next academic year 2024-2025 (School of Knowledge), with a goal promote computational thinking, programming and robotics. From September, some public centers will have a mentor to advise them on the implementation of this strategy, and teachers will receive specific training. Except, All educational centers for preschool children, primary schools, ESOs and bachelors will receive financial support for the installation of equipment. and necessary resources in exchange for sharing a digital resource with the Ministry of Education which they developed during the course to work on this new competence. This follows from the organizational resolution of the 2024-2025 course, which the Deputy Ministry of Education sent to schools and institutes.
Basque students under the age of 14 will not be allowed to use social networks in class
Nineteen public centers (10 in Bizkaia, 8 in Gipuzkoa and 1 in Araba) have been authorized to have a mentor and another seven are awaiting appointment. until they can reliably guarantee that the proposed teaching staff has obtained a full-time position for the entire course. Eskola Adimentsua is the next step in the development of the digital transformation plan of the Basque education system 2022-2024 and the program The people of DigCompEd on digital mentoring of the non-university Basque education system which have enabled significant progress to be made in this area. So, among other things All centers have started to design and implement their digital strategy (PDC) and more than 90% of teachers have received training to improve their digital competence. The Basque curriculum emphasizes the need to adapt teaching to integrate computational thinking, programming, robotics and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) disciplines from an early age.
DIGITAL SKILLS
According to the Ministry of Education These competencies enable students to “solve global challenges sustainability, design technological solutions and improve their job opportunities. Incorporating these areas into the curriculum prepares students for a connected and sustainable world, meeting the goals of quality education and sustainable development.” Among other goals, Smart school seeks to “promote competence in these areas and promote the use of methodologies, technologies, materials and digital resources in the classroom for students to develop these skills according to the curriculum.”
I know too “will support the creation and provision of digital and analogue materials to the Basque educational system.” designed to develop computational thinking, programming and robotics in the classroom.” To successfully implement this program, the department will provide teachers with the training and support necessary to promote these areas in their centers. On the other handEducation equips schools and institutes With the necessary resources to support these areas, conditions will be created to guarantee gender equality and equality, as well as a culture of sustainability.
DIGITAL TRAINING AND MENTORING
To achieve these goals, the ministry will offer the centers a variety of resources, including what they call Bye mentors. Following the DigCompEdu Gelan digital mentoring model, the Adi program will have mentors to assist, advise and train the learning centers. In collaboration with the Digitalde del Berritzegune Nagusia, these mentors will offer support and guidance in creating resources to integrate computational thinking, robotics and programming into everyday activities.
On the other hand, it will be offered specific training for teachers through seminars, included in the centers’ annual training plan if they so choose. There will be two types of optional seminars. For beginners, aimed at centers beginning with the integration of computational thinking, robotics and programming (30 hours); and for advanced students focused on centers with previous experience (course 23-24), with a practical approach (20 hours). In addition to these seminars, Education will offer one-on-one training through a 10-hour NOOC (massive open online course) online course. This course will not have tutoring or assessment, so it will not be certified. However, teachers will have access to content on computational thinking, robotics and programming to enhance their practice.
WEBSITES WITH DIDACTIC DIGITAL RESOURCES
in addition Adimengune, a website where teachers can find video tutorials, has already been created on the use of different devices and practical suggestions for inclusion in the classroom. The cabinet led by Begoña Pedrosa points out that to implement Smart schoolIt is essential that education centers have the necessary resources and equipment in addition to appropriate training and guidance. Therefore, the resolution says, The Ministry of Education will “provide financial support to all centres”. This financial provision “will vary according to the number of classrooms and levels of education, from the second cycle of pre-school education to graduation”.. In exchange for this financial support, each center must develop and make available to the Department a digital resource focused on work in computational thinking, robotics and programming. This resource will be shared on the Ministry’s own platforms.
