Pre-service teachers as agents of educational change via the practicum

There is still an approach to the Practicum in which pre-service teachers are still seen as trainees who cannot contribute to the experienced practice of in-service teachers. The aim of this study was to find out, from the point of view of in-service teachers, university practicum tutors and pre-ser...

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Autores: Muñoz Martínez, María Yolanda|||0000-0003-4001-0214, Monge López, Carlos, Domínguez Santos, Susana|||0000-0002-6980-4176, Gómez Hernández, Patricia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2026
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/68754
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/68754
https://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/13654802261419321
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Preservice teacher education
Professional development schools
Qualitative research
Educación
Education
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Sumario:There is still an approach to the Practicum in which pre-service teachers are still seen as trainees who cannot contribute to the experienced practice of in-service teachers. The aim of this study was to find out, from the point of view of in-service teachers, university practicum tutors and pre-service teachers themselves, whether the latter doing their last Practicum can contribute to school improvement from an inclusive perspective and, if so, in what aspects of improvement this influence is produced. A qualitative comprehensive-descriptive study was carried out during two school years with the participation of 14 in-service teachers from 2 different schools and 10 pre-service teachers who were participating in the last Practicum, as well as 2 university tutors. Results show that pre-service can play a relevant role in school improvement, especially in classroom organisation, in teacher?s professional development and, in children?s learning. Reflections on teacher training programmes are provided.