Avaliação do Estágio no Instituto Superior de Formação de Professores Salomé Ureña

Abstract

This research involves analyzing the role of practicum in the curriculum of initial teacher training. The goal is to show the usefulness of practicum in Preschool and Primary Education at the Salomé Ureña Higher Teacher Training Institute (ISFODOSU), in order to promote improvements in the evaluation system that entail to an educational work of higher quality, focused on the increase of the graduate's knowledge. The study has been conducted by using discussion groups, interviews and questionnaires with practicum teachers and tutors, student teachers, practicum graduates, non-practicum graduates, and school's host teachers. The research is oriented in the hermeneutic-interpretative paradigm.