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Comunicar Journal 31: To teach the look. Some proposals to teach watching TV (Vol. 16 - 2008)

Teaching to watch TV as part of «Education for the Citizenship»

https://doi.org/10.3916/c31-2008-03-025

Ignacio Saavedra-Inaraja

Abstract

The Law in Education, recently passed by the Spanish Parliament, provides a good opportunity to promote a critical view of audiovisual media and television among the Primary and Secondary Spanish students. That law introduces a new subject which is called “Education for the Citizenship». The official documents developing the contents of this subject provides the teachers the opportunity of getting the mentioned aim.

Keywords

Education for the Citizenship, TV and education, Spanish educational regulation

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Real Decreto 1631/2006, de 29 de diciembre, por el que se establecen las enseñanzas mínimas correspondientes a la Educación Secundaria Obligatoria. Boletín Oficial del Estado (España), num. 5.