SOCIAL STUDIES IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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three (3) lecture hours per week. The study, analysis and discussion of the new curriculum, methodology, approaches, goals, and scope of the new social studies program in elementary school. The course aims to train the future teacher in the new philosophy of the program that answers to the reality and needs of Puerto Rican society seen within the context of other countries and the basic concepts of social science, cultural interaction, social groups, interdependency, democracy, conservation, production, distribution, and consumption of resources. EDPE 3011: TEACHING MATHEMATICS IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN TO THIRD; three (3) credits. This course aims to restructure the mathematics teaching process with a new vision that meets the needs of the System's students. Among these, the following stand out: a) Understand and learn to use mathematical knowledge in all areas of life. Education is a process in constant adjustment and change, whose purpose is to maintain balance in a society in continuous transformation. b) Understand the technological complexity of communication, question, assimilate information and work as a team in solid arity.