Abstract

MENDOZA LIRA, Michelle  and  COVARRUBIAS APABLAZA, Carmen Gloria. Professional Skills Applied in the Practicum: Pre-Service Primary School Teacher Student Perceptions. Rev. Actual. Investig. Educ [online]. 2014, vol.14, n.3, pp.204-229. ISSN 1409-4703.

This article reveals the results of a descriptive transactional approach, and using quantitative methodology, whose main objective is to know the vision of the students of Minor degree in Elementary Education at a public university in Madrid with regard to professional skills that they acquire and develop by the Practicum. To obtain this information, we designed and validated a questionnaire for students of this degree, which was answered by 213 subjects. The findings reveal, in general, that the Practicum helps future teachers to strengthen their personal dimension through the acquisition and development of reflective and personal skills. However, when catalyzing teaching socialization for mobilizing participatory skills, Practicum's contribution is insufficient. These results not only describe a part of the reality of the Practicum in the context studied, but also promote the search for solutions and alternatives, by teacher training institutions and practice centers, to ensure that this training component turns into an ideal space where future teachers activate all the professional skills needed for teaching.

Keywords : European higher education area; initial teacher training; practicum; professional competencies; higher education; Spain.

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