AULAS FELICES

AULAS FELICES

When it comes to education, providing students with knowledge is not the only matter to take into account. Apart from it, one has to bear in mind that a suitable environment is essential and that it is necessary that it covers certain aspects and necessities. Among them, it is important to promote a unifying model in which everyone has the opportunity to access education. Also, and as it has been previously mentioned, academic knowledge is not the only teaching students should receive since it is crucial that they are provided with educative proposals that contribute to promote positive psychology and enrich their personal strengths. This is precisely the objective the program “Aulas Felices" seeks and here there are some activities that it proposes in order to do so. 

1. Famous texts about happiness or the meaning of life

• Level: 3rd stage of Primary Education and Secondary Education 
• Objectives: Appreciate the ideas about happiness of famous thinkers. Compare our own ideas with what others have thought about this topic. 
• Development: For the older students (Secondary), this activity consists on reading passages about happiness selected from some of the works of the great philosophers with the purpose of commenting and debating about them in class. 
• Resources: Internet and the philosophical texts chosen. 
• Time: One or two sessions of one hour each. 
• Observations: These activities can be carried out while teaching Philosophy in Bachillerato but there is no need to limit them to this subject. Actually, they can be implemented in other subjects such as “Tutoría” and also in previous educational levels. 

2. Our favourite heroes

• Level: Pre-school Education, Primary and Secondary Education. 
• Objectives: Analyse various models of people whose values can serve as an example to imitate. 
• Development: In the majority of tales, legends, myths, etc. there are heroes and heroines who represent ideals which guide their behaviour and give sense to their lives. Thus, analysing these narratives and the beliefs and purposes these characters fight for in depth can be a suggestive starting point since they can be seen as role models. Nevertheless, in some cases, we might find examples which are not worthy to imitate. With older students, from Secondary Education, we can select any passage from a film which illustrates the role of a hero and which gives the chance to hold a debate afterwards. 
• Resources: Tales, legends, myths, films… 
• Time: Around an hour, depending on the type of activities we want to develop (read a tale, watch a fragment of a film, held a discussion or debate, etc.). 

3. Analyse and create comics and humour sketches

• Level: Primary and Secondary Education. 
• Objectives: Analyse the humour present in comics and sketches. Create personal productions using the examples seen previously. 
• Development: This activity is done after the analysis of comics and humour sketches. In any of these cases, the sequence of elaboration is similar: 

1. Compile various samples of comics and humour sketches and analyse their features: structure, resources, language, what is that make us laugh about them… 
2. From the analysed examples, individually, in pairs or in small groups, students should carry out personal productions of comics, dramatization, short films, etc. 

• Resources: Examples of comics and humour sketches. On YouTube, you can find good examples of classic humour videos: Les Luthiers, Martes y Trece, etc. 
• Time: Around two hours. It will be necessary to plan the time dedicated to analyse the examples, create the productions and show them to the rest of the group in advance.