LEB Syllabus Third Cycle

LEB Syllabus Third Cycle

1. Importance of English language

   • The importance of learning the English language has effectively become a social priority to the citizens of Costa Rica.
     • because of it
       • Appears the creation of a differentiated study plan, Experimental Bilingual Schools (LEB) for Third Cycle and Diversified Education, with emphasis on learning English.

2. New curriculum

   • projected to create citizens able to:
     • -express their own points of view. -practice peaceful conflict resolution. -reflect and use critical thinking processes.

3. Legal Foundation

   • The English curriculum is founded on a legal framework that includes the 1949 National Constitution.
     • in terms to accomplish the purposes of Costa Rican education, which are:
       • -To educate citizens who love their country. -To contribute to the full development of the human personality. -To prepare citizens for a democracy. -To preserve and expand our cultural heritage

4. Philosophical foundation

   • nurtured by
     • Rationalism: it promotes the development of complex, challenging, creative and critical thinking skills
     • Humanism: Searches for the full realization of the human being, as a person, endowed with dignity and values for the common will.
     • Constructivism: The learner constructs and reconstructs understanding and learnings

5. Pedagogical conceptualization