Abstract:

The Degree of Teacher of Primary Education of the Jaume I University is a four years degree that enables the exercise of teaching in the Spanish Primary Education Level. Graduates are able to teach any subject (mathematics, literature, science, etc.) in any of the two official languages of the Valencian community.

One of the subjects of the Degree of Teacher of Primary Education is Didactics of the Spanish Language. The objective of this subject is to train primary teachers in how to develop linguistic skills in their future 6 to 12 years old students. Primary teachers learn methodologies, tools and strategies to boost the four linguistic skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) in their future students. Special emphasis is placed on the design of original teaching units and the analysis of foreign teaching units, given that the Spanish school system relies on the use of the textbook, prepared by commercial publishers and not by the educational centers or teachers themselves.

The work with the students is developed both in master classes and in collaborative work, since the assessment of the subject is based more on the creativity and production of teaching materials by the primary teachers than in passive non-productive knowledge.

The aim of this paper is to describe the subject objectives, the target competencies, the subject contents, the assessments, and how the teaching methodology and the resources are used to teach the subject.

Keywords:

Primary Education, Learning Experiences, Curriculum Design, Linguistic Skills.