las formas sociales del tiempo

English translation: Units of time

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Spanish term or phrase:las formas sociales del tiempo
English translation:Units of time
Entered by: peter jackson

07:10 Nov 28, 2020
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
Spanish term or phrase: las formas sociales del tiempo
I am translating a long series of active learning activities for pre-school children. When the games focus on concepts such as days, months, the calendar, etc. the content is described as "formas sociales del tiempo: los días de la semana", for example". This appears in the official curriculum for "educación infantil" under Spanish law. I can think, however, of no corresponding expression in English. Things like "periods of time" or "time expressions" do not really fit. I am thinking of putting something like "Understanding time: days of the week". I wonder if anyone else can think of anything better.
peter jackson
Spain
Local time: 10:33
Units of time
Explanation:
Here is a link helping teachers to out across (conventional) notions of the divisions of time.
https://numberock.com/lessons/units-of-time/
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ormiston
Local time: 10:33
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Thanks for your help.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3social constructs of time
philgoddard
3 +3Units of time
ormiston
3calendar vocabulary
Lisa Rosengard


  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
social constructs of time


Explanation:
Here's another example clarifying what it means:

Las formas sociales del tiempo: los días de la semana, las estaciones y algunos hechos relevantes como las fiestas y tradiciones
http://micuadernodesociales2014.blogspot.com/2014/04/sesion-...

There are lots of other possible translations: "basic concepts of time", "time in everyday life", "the meaning of time", "introduction to time"...

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 255

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bruno Dutra
2 hrs

agree  Cláudia Pinheiro Pereira
5 hrs

agree  Francois Boye
8 hrs

neutral  ormiston: Sounds a wee bit daunting as a concept, though strictly correct
12 hrs
  -> You wouldn't say "Right, children, we're going to study social concepts of time". This is educational terminology for teachers and parents, so "daunting" doesn't come into it.
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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
calendar vocabulary


Explanation:
Lexical sets are interesting when we group words together according to their connections. I suggest either one or two vocabulary sets for the calendar (months of the year and days of the week) and another separate one for telling the time. Dates to qualify the days of the week should probably follow with numerical sets.

Example sentence(s):
  • Conjuntos léxicos son interesates cuando agrupamos palabras según sus conexiones. Sugiero uno u dos conjuntos léxicos para los meses del año y los días de la semana, y otro conjunto aparte para enseñar las horas del reloj.
  • Las fechas que van con los días de la semana siguen probablemente con conjuntos numéricos.
Lisa Rosengard
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Units of time


Explanation:
Here is a link helping teachers to out across (conventional) notions of the divisions of time.
https://numberock.com/lessons/units-of-time/

ormiston
Local time: 10:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thanks for your help.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: Succinct...
6 hrs
  -> Seems to be the term teaching staff use

agree  Domini Lucas: also https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/units-of-time/...
15 hrs
  -> Yes, no point making it sound like rocket science here!

agree  Yvonne Gallagher: all that's needed here. Plain and simple
2 days 33 mins
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