Student teachers’ positioning with regard to their key learning experiences in the first practicum

Mireya Giralt Romeu; Eva Liesa Hernández; Paula Mayoral Serrat; Lorena Becerril Balín

doi:10.5565/rev/qpsicologia.1570

Experiencias clave de aprendizaje y posicionamiento de los estudiantes de magisterio en su primer Prácticum

Autores/as

Mireya Giralt Romeu Universitat Ramon Llull https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0097-4457
Eva Liesa Hernández Ramon Llull University
Paula Mayoral Serrat Ramon Llull University
Lorena Becerril Balín Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

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Resumen

Este estudio exploratorio describe el tipo de experiencias clave de aprendizaje a las que se en-frentan los estudiantes docentes durante su primera práctica en las escuelas y cómo se posiciona-ron en estas situaciones. Veintisiete estudiantes de segundo año fueron entrevistados. Se identifi-caron cinco experiencias clave de aprendizaje: instrucción en el aula, socialización, conflicto en-tre las concepciones preexistentes y la realidad, gestión del aula e diversidad. Adoptaron dos tipos de posiciones ante las experiencias: yo como estudiante y yo como maestro/a. Se posicionaron como estudiantes cuando enfocaron su atención en observar las prácticas educativas, aceptando sin reservas las estrategias de sus mentores, y se posicionaron como maestros cuando actuaron y tomaron decisiones con autonomía y aplicaron el conocimiento teórico adquirido en los contextos universitarios. Los resultados muestran que las dificultades que enfrentan los estudiantes para po-sicionarse como maestros se relacionan con todas las experiencias clave de aprendizaje, excepto las relacionadas con la instrucción en el aula.

Palabras clave

Formación del profesorado, Identidad, Experiencias clave de aprendizaje, Posiciones del Yo

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Biografía del autor/a

Mireya Giralt Romeu, Universitat Ramon Llull

I work as an assistant and researcher at Ramon Llull University (Spain). From 2016 to today I have been working as a Psychopedagogical Advisor of the Counselling and Psychological Innovation Service (SAIP) of the Ramon Llull University, Faculty of Psychology, Educational Sciences and Sports (Blanquerna, URL). At the moment I am preparing my doctoral dissertation. My major research interest is teacher professional identity development and the teacher as a researcher.

Eva Liesa Hernández, Ramon Llull University

Professor of Psychology Education at Ramon Llull University. Coordinator of the Centre in Educational Innovation in the Faculty of Psychology, Educational Sciences, and Sports, Blanquerna. My research topics are about learning and professional development in educational contexts.

Paula Mayoral Serrat, Ramon Llull University

Research scientist & professor in the Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences at Ramon Llull University (Barcelona, Spain). From 2015 to today, coordinator of the Education Practicum in Teacher Degrees at FPCEE Blanquerna and from 2011 to today I have been working as a Psychopedagogical Advisor of the Counselling and Psychological Innovation Service (SAIP) of the Ramon Llull University, Faculty of Psychology, Educational Sciences and Sports, Blanquerna as an associate professor. My research topics are learning and teaching processes, competence-based learning, teacher identity and teacher as a researcher.

Lorena Becerril Balín, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

Research scientist & professor in the Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences in Open University of Catalonia (Barcelona, Spain). From 2011 to today I have been working as a Psychopedagogical Advisor of the Counselling and Psychological Innovation Service (SAIP) of the Ramon Llull University, Faculty of Psychology, Educational Sciences and Sports, Blanquerna as an associate professor. My research topics are learning and teaching processes, competence-based learning, teacher identity and teacher as a researcher.