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In this first theme we have studied the main theories related to education, paying special attention to the ones that we are going to apply in classroom. These are Vygotsky and Gardner´s theories mainly.

I have to say that we also gave a big importance to language acquisition in children, as something to be developed in class with the help of the teacher, starting from the language that children use in public to the verbal thought.

**LEV VYGOTSKY** Main ideas of this psychologist/key words in his theory are: - Social context has a big influence - Teacher must help sudents to get to an independent performance from the assisted perfomance (shared/individual activity) - Scaffolding: provide children situations so they build their own knowledge - To learn a concept you first imitate it, then repeat and understand, finally you internalize it

With these videos we can understand a bit better what´s Vygotsky´s theory based on.

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HOWARD GARDNER He is the author of the Multiple intelligences theory, which defends that every person has different intelligences, and depending on which one is the "leading" in that person, he/she will learn things easily if they are approached under the perspective of the dominant intelligence.

We, as teachers, have to take into account all these intelligences when we plan any lesson, so we can make children develop different learning styles and work with competences.

goals. This intelligence includes the ability to effectively use language to express oneself rhetorically or poetically; and language as a means to remember information. In Howard Gardner's words, it entails the ability to detect patterns, reason deductively and think logically. coordinate bodily movements. - **Spatial intelligence** involves the potential to recognize and use the patterns of wide space and more confined areas. with others. model of ourselves, and to be able to use such information to regulate our lives.
 * - Linguistic intelligence** involves sensitivity to spoken and written language, the ability to learn languages, and the capacity to use language to accomplish certain
 * - Logical-mathematical intelligence** consists of the capacity to analyze problems logically, carry out mathematical operations, and investigate issues scientifically.
 * - Musical intelligence** involves skill in the performance, composition, and appreciation of musical patterns. It encompasses the capacity to recognize and compose musical pitches, tones, and rhythms.
 * - Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence** entails the potential of using one's whole body or parts of the body to solve problems. It is the ability to use mental abilities to
 * - Interpersonal intelligence** is concerned with the capacity to understand the intentions, motivations and desires of other people. It allows people to work effectively
 * - Intrapersonal intelligence** entails the capacity to understand oneself, to appreciate one's feelings, fears and motivations. It involves having an effective working

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It was Jennifer´s First Grade classroom.
 * Our first task, related to these theories, was the analysis of a classroom in a video, in which we had to identify main mediators and relate them to Vygotsky´s theory.

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And these are the group conclusions after watching it

As I said before, **language** was also a very important part in this first approach to education theories. Our work @ all this was mainly focused in non verbal communication, as it has a really big importance and controlling it is an objetive as future teachers.

Communication. Non verbal language

To practice in the analysis of non verbal language in discourses we used some easy songs for children, like Teddy Bear song or Clean up (which are good resources for students as well. For example, this is an attempt of analysis of Teddy Bear discourse

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We use this template (in this case is for Clean up song) for all our discourses analysis