Funciones tutoriales en el Prácticum de Psicopedagogía en la Universidad de Vigo: percepción de los estudiantes actuales

Authors

Alfonso Cid SabucedoSalto de línea Camilo Isaac Ocampo GómezSalto de línea Universidad de Vigo.

Abstract

Mentoring Tasks During the Psychopedagogy Practicum at the University of Vigo: Perception of Present-day StudentsSalto de línea Salto de línea The main purpose of this article is to disseminate the process and the most important results drawn from a research work in the areas of Teaching Methodologies, School Management and Research and Diagnosis Methods in Education at Vigo University.This paper focuses on mentorship in the Practicum, required as part of the studies within the School of Education.Salto de línea After showing the great importance of mentorship in the Practicum, some contributions and research studies linked to the mentoring tasks and duties of tutors within this field are briefly reviewed. Then, the main aspects found through this research work are described, giving special attention to the results obtained when asking Psycho-pedagogy students to fill in a questionnaire specifically customized for that purpose.Salto de línea Among the most relevant conclusions, it is important to underline the need of a mentoring task with heterogeneous requirements during the Psycho-pedagogy Practicum. In addition to the Heads of Counselling Departments within a teaching institution and the supervising University Teachers, the Chancellor or Manager should also play a key role.

Keywords

Mentoring, Practicum, assignment, professional competence, perceptions, survey.