Percepción de los estudiantes del Grado en Pedagogía y Educación Social sobre la organización, la utilidad y formación del Practicum

Abstract

The current article shows the main results obtained from a study which aim was to know the student body’s valuation with respect to the process of development and management of the subject called Practicum, the assessment criteria, the initial perception related to the external practices utility and the evaluation students do about the training acquired to confront the practices of the degree. For the development of the study, which has a descriptive correlational design, a questionnaire created ad hoc and applied through the Internet was used. The participating sample filled out the questionnaire before starting the external practices. A descriptive and exploratory analysis was carried out throughout the SPSS v.21 statistical method for the interpretation of the data. The results confirm that, in general, the students who participate in this study seem to be satisfied with the centre assigned to do the practices. Among the utility criteria that the external practices will yield, it is noticed that students believe that this period will let them to create and develop professional attitudes, to learn and employ the typical interpersonal abilities of a Pedagogue or Educator, to develop practical competences and aptitudes as well as they will offer them a wider vision of the work setting related to their degree. Regarding to the training received to confront the external practices, students of both qualifications express that it is inadequate in the sense that they do not feel qualified to deal with this new situation that is presented: learning from the own personal reality.