Influencias del plan de estudios del grado de maestro de primaria en el conocimiento profesional del profesorado. El caso de la universidad de santiago de compostela

Abstract

The European This article addresses the problem of the relationship between the design of the initial training of primary school teachers and the professional knowledge built by the future teachers in their undergraduate studies. This paper is part of a larger project that aimed to identify, analyze and interpret the perceptions of future teachers and their trainers on the knowledge they are building in the development primary school teacher curriculum and the contribution of these to set a particular professional identity. From a qualitative perspective it used documentary analysis, stories, focus groups and interviews with lecturers, degree coordinators, deans, students and practicum tutors during the academic year 2013/2014. We used the mixed categorization model supported with Atlas.ti software. The analysis of the data evidences a vertical and hierarchical curriculum design, starting with basic, general and abstract subjects, to advance towards specific that feeds the production of rigid compartments between disciplines and the dichotomy theory and practice, with little coordination between subjects. The formative trajectory privileges a teacher approach that does not make informed decisions.