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Practicum IV

Code: 102019
Credits: 12
2026/2027
Degree programme Type Course
Early Childhood Education OB 4

Contact lecturer

Name :
Adriana Gil Juarez
Email :
adriana.gil.juarez@uab.cat

Group languages

You can consult this information at the end of the document.

Prerequisites

It is advisable to have taken Practicums I, II and III.

 

In order to be able to take this subject it is essential to have a negative certificate from the Central Register of Sex Offenders. It is the student's responsibility to ask for it to be able to provide it at the centre before starting the work placement.

 

Minimum requirements to be assessed at the centre

 

In order to proceed with the evaluation of the trainees, all these evaluation indicators must be met. If any of them are not met, the final grade will be a fail (grade of 3).

 

Criteria

Yes 

No 

  • 100 % of the timetable has been adhered to and has attended all scheduled activities and has assumed the assigned responsibilities.   

 

 

  • Has been respectful with the members of the educational community, in accordance with the ethical criteria of the profession (relating to aspects such as equality, equity, co-education or inclusion), avoiding inappropriate behaviour (xenophobic, sexist, homophobic, etc.).

 

 

  • Has complied with the school regulations (punctuality, following timetables, use of mobile phones, clothing, etc.). 

 

 

  • Writes and speaks correctly and appropriately according to the vehicular language and the school's guideline. 

 

 

  • In his/her intervention, he/she has shown a reasonable command of the content he/she teaches and the basic skills toteach it.

 

 

 

Objectives

Contextualisation:

Fourth practices (Practicum IV) are designed so that students know and integrate into an intervention project designed between school and faculty. The projects will be carried out both in centers 0-3 years, as in the Nursery School (3-6). Students will design and carry out an educational project within the center.

This course is taught by teachers of different educational areas: Social Sciences, Music, Plastic and Body Expression, Experimental Sciences, Mathematics, Language and Literature; and also of Applied Psychology and Pedagogy. Its design and location in the Curriculum allow relations to the subjects studied throughout the entire degree.

Objectives:

  • Know the educational reality of a school for 0-3 or 3-6 years old.
  • Analyse the reality of the school and design a suitable project intervention.
  • Carry out the project designed and evaluate the process.

Learning outcomes

  1. Design, apply and evaluate a learning sequence that respects the globality and uniqueness of each child.
  2. Collecting and analysing data from the direct observation of the classroom in order to create a learning sequence proposal adapted to the specific and innovative environment.
  3. Making proposals for teaching and evaluative activities in accordance with the stated values.
  4. Detect situations of conflict and act in observance of mediation criteria.
  5. Construct guides and observation guidelines.
  6. Accept the cultural and linguistic diversity of the classroom and act with respect.
  7. Using new technologies in the design of activities and in the final oral report on the practicum.
  8. Make a study of the reasons and advantages of innovation at school and discuss them with colleagues at a seminar.
  9. Observing and intervening in the greatest possible number of school situations where students' relatives participate.
  10. Demonstrating a knowledge of the centre's improvement plans.
  11. Collecting and analysing data from the direct observation of the classroom and of the documents from the centre.
  12. Using the results of the analyses carried out in order to make decisions about how to act.
  13. Share specific knowledge with other professionals to ensure a better product or solution.
  14. Attend as many of the centre's programming and coordination meetings as possible.
  15. Reflexively describe the dynamics of different meetings and events that one has participated in.
  16. Periodically collecting and analysing in writing the personal reactions and impressions of your stay at the school.
  17. Identifying strengths and weaknesses and setting personal milestones in the emotional sphere.
  18. Design and apply actions to strengthen the weaknesses identified to improve professional development.
  19. Implement and evaluate a teaching design.
  20. Participating actively in the meetings between representatives of the school, university and students.
  21. Provide integrated responses to complex educational phenomena.
  22. Make project proposals taking into account the diversity of the school context.
  23. Propose new methods or well-founded alternative solutions.
  24. Propose new ways to measure the success or failure of the implementation of innovative proposals or ideas.
  25. Propose viable projects and actions to boost social, economic and environmental benefits.
  26. Propose projects and actions that are in accordance with the principles of ethical responsibility and respect for fundamental rights and obligations, diversity and democratic values.
  27. Propose projects and actions that incorporate the gender perspective.

Contents

Analysis and Diagnosis



  • Observe and identify potential needs or improvements to school, classroom or cycle.

  • Agree on a proposed agreement with the school and the university tutor.

  • Agreed project objectives


2. Concept and Design



  • Write the conceptual framework that justifies the proposal

  • Design the project

  • Develop the project schedule


3.- Use of oral and written Catalan appropriate to the academic context.  


4.- Development and Experimentation



  • Describe the implementation of the project

  • Reflect on the process and progress

  • Evaluate the project in relation to the objectives


5.- Reflection and professional evaluation



  • Self-analysis and self-regulation of professional practice and learning processes

  • Noted possible implications of the experience for future professional practice

Learning activities and methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Seminars and tutorials 22 0.88 4
School practice 203 8.12 7
Autonomous activity 75 3 25

Activity and dedication

Description of activities

Seminars and tutorials

22 hours

Meetings preparation practicum.
Seminars for exchange, discussion and evaluation processes designed in small groups.
Lectures and workshops on specific topics of practicum. Individual tutorials. Preparing documents derived from the type of project practicum.
Oral presentations of papers, assessments and conclusions.

Stay in the centre of practices

203 hours

Observe the different realities of school, reporting, analysis of documents.
Study everyday situations in schools and teacher exchanges with the centre.
Collaboration in conducting classroom activities and teaching staff and management centre.
Negotiation for defining and carrying out of practices (Type A, B or C).
Doing the tasks arising from the type of project practicum (Service Learning; school project; intervention unit). 
It includes monitoring of activities of the reference group at school and the activities of the tutor / outside the classroom: meetings, interviews, programming...
Preparation of daily field notes and observation.

Autonomous activity

75 hours

Recommended reading.
Analysis and study of school reality
Design the intervention project.
Preparation the final report or dossier.
Preparing oral presentations.

Total 300 h

 

Type A: Intervention Unit

Type B: School Project

Type C: Service Learning

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.

Assessment

Continuous assessment activities

Title Weight Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Individual tuition and seminars 30 %; Participation and presentation at the closing day of the PIV 10 % (all of this is individual within a group context) 40% 0 0 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 24, 25, 26
Final report (individual) 30% 0 0 4, 7, 10, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27
Report from the traineeship centre's teaching staff (individual) 30% 0 0 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22

The assessment consists of three indicators: Final report (individual) 30%; Report from the traineeship centre's teaching staff (individual) 30%; and Individual tuition and seminars 30 %; Participation and presentation at the closing day of the PIV 10 % (all of this is individual within a group context). Assessment activities for this subject are completed individually and cannot be retaken. To pass the subject, each indicator must be passed separately. A result of less than 5 out of 10 for the report or for participation in the seminars indicates that Practicum IV must be repeated. Evidence 1 must be submitted by the schools no later than the last day of the students' stay at the centres. Evidence 2 must be submitted by students no later than two weeks after the closing day. The faculty tutor must submit the grade for Evidence 3 together with the grade for Evidence 2 no later than 20 working days after the student submits Evidence 2. All dates are marked on the internship calendar: https://www.uab.cat/doc/DOC_Calendari_Practiques_GEI_PIV_26-27.

If a block of activities is suspended and the average for the remaining blocks is higher than 5, the final grade for the internship will be 4 by default.

Attendance at the faculty's work seminars is compulsory; students must attend at least 90% of seminars; otherwise, they will be considered absent.

Being present at the school during school hours is an essential requirement (generally from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., depending on the school schedule). A minimum of 203 hours must be spent at the centre.

The report must be submitted via Moodle on the specified date at the end of the internship, and feedback from the tutor will also be provided via this virtual classroom. Results of each assessment will be returned to students within 20 working days of submission, and a review date will be offered in the days following publication.

IMPORTANT:

Students must demonstrate an attitude that is compatible with the profession. If this is not the case at any time during the placement, the placement centre and the university may decide that the student must stop the placement. In such cases, the faculty and the centre will liaise and produce a reasoned report on the termination of the placement, stating that the student cannot continue. If this happens, the student will automatically fail the practicum and receive a grade of 3. They will not be eligible for re-evaluation.

Students who abandon the internship without justification will receive a grade of 0.

Linguistic correctness, writing and the formal aspects of presentation will be considered in all activities (individual and group). Students must be able to express themselves fluently and correctly, demonstrating a high level of comprehension of academic texts. Please note that in the case of Catalan, students in the first and second years are required to demonstrate a level of linguistic competence equivalent to Level 1 for Early Childhood and Primary School Teachers, and students in the third year of the degree must demonstrate a level of proficiency equivalent to Level 2 for Early Childhood and Primary School Teachers. More information on these levels can be found at http://www.uab.cat/web/els-estudis/-competencia-linguistica-1345698914384.html.

Copying and plagiarism constitute intellectual theft and will be punished with a mark of zero for the entire block in which the work is located. If it is not possible to determine who copied from whom in the case of copying between two students, both students will be penalised. Please note that 'copying' is defined as work that reproduces all or a substantial portion of another student's work. 'Plagiarism' is presenting all or part of an author's text as one's own without citing the sources, whether they are published in printor online. (See the UAB's documentation on plagiarism at http://wuster.uab.es/web_argumenta_obert/unit_20/sot_2_01.html.)

Students must comply with the regulatory framework for internships: https://www.uab.cat/web/practicum/normativa-1345881466711.html. Students may not repeat the same internship centre in two different practicums. They also cannot undertake their internship at a centre where they have first-degree relatives or where they work without authorisation from the university coordinator (https://www.uab.cat/doc/RegulacioPractiquesBOEDOC).

The internship calendar at centres, seminars, and some aspects of the report for this practical course may vary for students doing it in conjunction with a national or international stay through UAB's own programme (Mece, Richmond, Munich, etc.), ERASMUS, or SICUE.

In accordance with academic regulations, this course does not allow for a single assessment.

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted as an integral part of the work in this course, provided the final result demonstrates a significant contribution from the student in terms of analysis and personal reflection. Students must clearly identify which parts have been generated using AI technologies, specify the tools used, and provide a critical reflection on their influence on the process and the result of the activity. Failure to be transparent about the use of AI will be considered academic dishonesty and may result in a penalty on the activity mark or more serious sanctions in serious cases.

This course includes activities for developing Digital Teaching Competence.

Bibliography

Anton, Montserrat. (2007). Planificar la etapa 0-6. Compromiso de sus agentes y su práctica cotidiana. Col·lecció Biblioteca d’Infantil 21. Barcelona: Graó.

Bassedas, Eulàlia.; Huguet, Teresa. i Solé, Isabel. (1996).Aprendre i ensenyar a l'educació infantil. Barcelona: Graó.

Blanch, Sílvia., Gimeno, X. i Careta, A. (2016). Com podem i com volem relacionar-nos amb les famílies des dels serveis d'atenció a la petita infància. In-fàn-ci-a, 211, 36-41. 

Blanch, Sílvia., Pérez, Eulàlia. i Silvente, Jennifer. (2016). Com citar i referenciar en els textos acadèmics i científics. Bellaterra: Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Recuperat de https://ddd.uab.cat/pub/recdoc/2016/145881/citrefapa_a2016.pdf

Castellví, J. (2024). Medi Social a Educació Infantil. Com Aprenem Sobre el Medi Social a l’Escola? Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Edo, Mequè. (2012). Ahí empieza todo. Las matemáticas de cero a tres años. Números, Revista de Didáctica de las Matemáticas, 80, 71-84.

Edo, Mequè., Blanch, Sílvia. i Anton, Montserrat. (Coord.) (2016).  El juego en la primera infancia. Barcelona: Ediciones Octaedro.

Gimeno, X. i Careta, A. (2018). Taula d’observació qualitativa per a la recollida d’informació en entorns d’interacció grupal. DipòsitDigital de Documents de laUAB, https://ddd.uab.cat/record/199180 

Giovannini, Donatella. (2004). Les activitats a l'escola bressol. In-fàn-ci-a, 136, 15-22.

Laguía, María José. i  Vidal, Cinta. (1990). Racons d'activitat a l'escola bressol i parvulari. Barcelona: Graó.

Majem, Tere. i Òdena, Pepa. (2007).Descubrir jugando. Barcelona: Octaedro.

Morgandi,Tiziana. (2012). Les activitats quotidianes, Temes d'Infància, 182, 12-15.  

Sugrañes, Encarna.; Alós, Montserrat.; Andrés, Neus.; Casal, Soledad.; Castrillo, Carmen.; Medina, Nereida. y Yuste, Micaela. (2012): Observar para interpretar. Actividades de vida cotidiana para la educación infantil (2-6). Barcelona: Editorial Graó

Tognett, Gloria. (2010). La documentació com a instrument per donar valor a les relacions entre els nens en les experiències quotidianes compartides a l’escola bressol, Temes d'Infància, 62, 29-4. 

Vegas, Fina. (1999). Quan endreçar és una activitat. In-fàn-ci-a, 111, 21-22.

Vila, Berta. i Cardo, Cristina. (2005).Material sensorial (0-3 años). Manipulación y experimentación. Barcelona: Graó.

 

Revistes:

In-fàn-cia.
Infància a eu-ro-pa
Guix d'infantil
Web d'interès:

 Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament d'Educació. http://xtec.gencat.cat/ca/recursos/edinfantil

 Xarxa Territorial d'Educació Infantil de Catalunya 0-6. http://xarxaterritorial.blogspot.com/

 

Further reading

Chavkin, Wendy., & Maher, JaneMaree. (2010). The globalization of motherhood : deconstructions and reconstructions of biology and care. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203850510

Foo, K. H. (2019). Intercultural parenting : how Eastern and Western parenting styles affect child development. Routledge.

Janssen, D. (2008). Re-Queering Queer Youth Development: A Post-Developmental Approach to Childhood and Pedagogy. Journal of LGBT Youth5(3), 74–95. https://doi.org/10.1080/19361650802162326

Kradin, R. (2009). The family myth: its deconstruction and replacement with a balanced humanized narrative. Journal of Analytical Psychology54(2), 217–232. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5922.2009.01771.x

Mac Naughton, G. (2005). Doing Foucault in Early Childhood Studies: Applying Post-Structural Ideas (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203465332

Marfo, Kofi, and Robert Serpell. Child Development in Africa : Views from Inside. Jossey-Bass, 2014.

Mercer, Jean. Child Development : Myths and Misunderstandings. SAGE Publications, 2013. 

Robinson, K. H., & Jones-Diaz, Criss. (2006). Diversity and difference in early childhood education : issues for theory and practice. Open University Press.

Smidt, S. (2013). The developing child in the 21st century : a global perspective on child development (Second edition.). Routledge.

 

Software

No specific programme is required.

Course groups and languages

The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE

Type of teaching Group Language Semester Shift
(PEXTtutor) Pràctiques externes i pràcticum (amb presència del tutor) 99 Catalan annual morning-mixed