Theories of Contemporary Educational Institutions

International foundations of education

Education and the European Union

The European Commission has a Commissioner who groups education, training, culture and multilingualism into a single portfolio

Education in Latin American countries (Latin America and the Caribbean)

In Latin American countries (Latin America and the Caribbean) there are still 40 million adults who lack the basic learning tools to make informed decisions and participate fully in the development of their societies

Contemporary Educational Theories

They have been classified according to ordering criteria and the temporal references on which they are based. The proposed classification integrates four different pedagogical models, which, based on the aforementioned classification scheme, will now try to offer the temporal representations that are defended from the different contemporary educational theories

Introduction to Education

Pedagogy and Education Sciences
Main educational agents

Pedagogy
Education

They deal with all issues of development and education of each individual person so that he can develop an autonomous and responsible life in society and the community.
They are the family and the school, although, ultimately, educational responsibility falls on the whole of society and it is an uninterrupted process that continues throughout the life of the people, having its own characteristics and different actors at each stage.

It is a set of knowledge that deals with education as a typically social and specifically human phenomenon. It is a permanent and integral process of interaction through which there is individual and group learning

Education concept

Formal education: learning normally offered by an education or training center, with a structured nature (according to didactic objectives, duration or support) and that concludes with a certification. Formal learning is intentional from the learner's perspective.
Informal education: learning that is obtained in activities of daily life related to work, family or leisure. It is not structured (in didactic objectives, duration or support) and does not normally lead to a certification. Informal learning may be intentional but, in most cases, it is not (it is haphazard or random)

Non-formal education: learning that is not offered by an education or training center and does not normally lead to certification. However, it has a structured nature (in didactic objectives, duration or support). Non-formal learning is intentional from the learner's perspective »Differences: Formal education is that given in schools, colleges and training institutions; the non-formal is associated with community groups and organizations

The School system

School systems in America: insufficient coverage of pre-school education, high access to the basic cycle, and low retention capacity at both the primary and secondary levels.

The Panamanian School system

Foundations: it is based on its own purposes, organization and structure to develop the curriculum that it designs, from a broader conception, the education system encompasses not only the school but all the social media that influence education.

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• Promotion of the democratization of educational services

• Priority attention to improving the quality of education.

• Search for modern, decentralized and efficient planning and management.

• Expansion of family and community participation in education.

The school system in Europe: compulsory education belongs to the basic school, the Lappian school, the school for the physically disabled and the school for the mentally disabled