Work Placement
Code: 44720 ECTS Credits: 9| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4313754 Psychopedagogy | OB | 0 | 2 |
Contact
- Name:
- Angelina Sanchez Marti
- Email:
- angelina.sanchez@uab.cat
Teaching groups languages
You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject. Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2023.
External teachers
- Antonio Pérez Romero
- Joan Josep Llansana González
- Tona Castell Escuer
Prerequisites
Once the candidate has access to the master’s degree there are no further pre-requisites for this module.
Objectives and Contextualisation
The structure of the module is common to both itineraries so its content and development are related to both the common and specific modules corresponding to each itinerary.
The practical module has two distinct but complementary parts. The work that the student carries out throughout the module must connect with the reality of the profession and for this reason, much of the work is developed, to a large extent, in an educational center (school).
Firstly, the candidate must get to know the reality of a school, its functions, structure, and organization; the candidate must also integrate him/herself into the life and activities of the school. Secondly, the candidate will have to participate within a determined context in order to carry out group work and individual activities they prepare for their students. The work candidates do both in the theoretical and practical stages must enable them to implement the skills necessary for their professional development with the help of their tutors and practical coordinators. It would be advisable for candidates to do their practical sessions at a secondary school or in a team of psycho-pedagogical counselors (for those students who come from the itinerary of formal education).
Learning Outcomes
- CA20 (Competence) Identify the psychopedagogical needs of individuals, groups and/or organisations through needs assessment in a specific educational context.
- CA21 (Competence) Analyse the organisational development of educational centres, assessing their functionality.
- CA22 (Competence) Design actions that allow the socio-educational teams in the placement educational institution to become more dynamic, attending to the individual and group educational needs identified through the needs assessment.
- CA23 (Competence) Weigh up the risks and opportunities of own or other proposals for psychopedagogical improvement.
- KA16 (Knowledge) Relate knowledge and face the complexity of making judgements from information which may be incomplete or limited and includes reflections on social and ethical responsibilities related to professional psychopedagogical practice.
- SA28 (Skill) Create guidance and psychopedagogical intervention projects aimed at the analysis and improvement of specific educational practices.
- SA29 (Skill) Develop an attitude of participation and cooperation in an active member of the institution and its environment.
- SA30 (Skill) Communicate in writing the results of one's own work, its conclusions and the knowledge and rationale behind them to specialist audiences in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner.
Content
The module is structured in the following blocks:
BLOCK 1: Observations of practical sessions in a school or educational center.
The first phase of the practical component is to take place at a school / educational center so that the master´s candidate can get to know the institution and its environment, the details of its curriculum and syllabus, the general organization of the center, and how it operates. The master's candidate also needs to experience how a school manages its educational resources including the quality of the service it provides and the work of the professionals in the field of psycho-pedagogy that work with the school. The master's candidate will work in close collaboration with the professionals in the planning and implementation phases of psycho-pedagogical activities.
Dates: from January, the 22nd, to February, the 2nd.
BLOCK 2: Teaching practice in a school or educational center.
The second phase of the traineeship will take place at a school/educational center and will serve to complete observation practices and the analysis of the characteristics of professional psycho-pedagogy associated with the educational institution. During this phase, the master's candidate will also carry out psycho-pedagogical activities accompanied by a professional which may also include participation in educational/training projects. This intervention will must be designed, implemented, and assessed by the master's candidate under the supervision of the psycho-pedagogical professional at the school the candidate is assigned to and his/her university supervisor
Dates: from February, the 5th, to May until the required number of hours is reached.
The timetable will be agreed on with the school where the master's candidate will do his/her traineeship and with the approval of the university supervisor.
Methodology
The methodology of this course, based on action research, focuses on observation as a starting point, followed by the planning, implementation and evaluation of practical interventions. Each student will have the opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge in real situations, reflect on her actions and develop critical analysis and problem-solving skills. To this end, collaboration and teamwork are also promoted to enrich learning and obtain different perspectives.
Thus, from a multivariate methodological perspective, the strategies that will be used will include:
- Self-observation and analysis of psycho-pedagogical practice.
- Design, implementation and evaluation of psycho-pedagogical proposals.
- Specialized face-to-face, collective and/or individual tutorials
- Consultation and reading of the recommended bibliography.
- Comments and/or exhibitions of readings.
- Preparation of psycho-pedagogical reports.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Workshops and tutoring | 10 | 0.4 | CA20, CA21, CA23, SA28, SA29, CA20 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Stage in educational center | 200 | 8 | CA20, CA21, CA22, CA23, KA16, SA28, SA29, SA30, CA20 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| autonomous work | 15 | 0.6 | CA20, CA21, CA22, CA23, KA16, SA28, SA30, CA20 |
Assessment
The delivery date of the working document will be during the first week of June 2024.
Except for the tutoring and other assessment activities that can be individual or in a group, the rest will be individually-based.
In accordance with UAB regulations, individual or group plagiarism or copying of any work or written test will be penalized with a zero score which means the student(s) will forfeit the possibility of repeating the assignment or test in the future (in the case of group plagiarism each student of the group will receive a zero score for the assignment or test).
Attendance at all sessions is compulsory. The student must attend at least 80% of all sessions. Otherwise, the assessment will correspond to “Unsatisfactory.”
The treatment of individual cases, questions, suggestions, etc. will have to be raised with the teachers of the corresponding module.
Single assessment
This subject/module does not provide for a single assessment system.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practice: report of center tutoring | 35% | 0 | 0 | CA23, SA29 |
| Tutoring and other activities | 10% | 0 | 0 | CA20, CA21, CA23, SA29 |
| Working document | 45% | 0 | 0 | CA20, CA21, CA22, CA23, KA16, SA28, SA30 |
| self assessment | 5% | 0 | 0 | CA23, SA30 |
| teacher university report | 5% | 0 | 0 | CA23, SA28, SA30 |
Bibliography
Specific bibliography will be recommended during the module according to the school/educational center where the candidate will carry out his/her practical stage.
Software
No software required.