La convergencia europea y la formación universitaria en competencias para la docencia en Educación Infantil

Authors

Rosario Mérida SerranoSalto de línea Departamento de Educación de la Universidad de Córdoba.

Abstract

European convergence and university teaching in competences for nursery-school educationSalto de línea Salto de línea In this article we aim to present the work procedure followed in the development of the Andalusian Project for the creation of Teaching Guides (both common and specific) for a Teaching Degree, with special emphasis on Nursery School Education.This project represents our first contact with the process of European convergence as well as an institutional advance towards the conception of university teaching from the ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) credits’ perspective.The participation of all the Andalusian universities in a common project, as well as the necessity to reflect on the competencies model to agree on a common profile for the nursery-school teacher in the Andalusian context, has provided us with a suitable professional setting where university teachers can meet for debate and also with the opportunity to approach issues such as: what do we understand by «competence» within the university context? What is the difference between a «competence» and an «objective»? How should we define competencies for each subject or for each qualification? What level of specification should competencies offer? According to which criteria should we classify them? How can they be useful to us? To what extent do they contribute to improve our teaching and the students’ education? Throughout the different steps of our work, answers to the raised questions have gradually been found.The encountered quandaries lead to a collective and deep reflection on university teaching, allowing the setting up of networks of inter-university collaboration, and the design of programmes adapted to the model proposed by the convergence. These programmes will act as the basis for the experimentation which we plan to undertake in future school years.

Keywords

Nursery-school education, basic competences, teacher training.