This Valencian editorial initiative opts for an innovative didactic approach, explaining the world from the closest reality. To do this, it uses informative material produced by the Valencian public television, À Punt, as support.
In first-year secondary school classrooms, students work with reports such as La via verda, an À Punt program. This audiovisual material is part of the new educational content and serves as a starting point to introduce key concepts of geography and history.
“"We show the À Punt news, work on this news, and develop prior knowledge activities."
Local news thus becomes an essential tool to narrate history and geography from a real and close perspective. The main objective is to reverse the traditional approach, moving from the local to the global.
“"Being able to offer local and real news helps students because they connect with the subject when they see the video and audio clip."
The editors highlight the importance of having media in Valencian for this type of project. Citing the industrial revolution as an example, they point out that it has always been explained with Manchester, but Alcoy was an important reference in this process. Likewise, they emphasize the need for Valencian students to know their own geographical reality, such as what a ravine is, instead of focusing exclusively on distant concepts.
