Experiencias del prácticum en los estudiantes de la Licenciatura en Ciencias de la Educación, en la Especialización de Cultura Física, Universidad de Cuenca, malla 2013

Abstract

This investigation is based on the practicum’s study ,where people develop their professional skills in this space, this is a necessary part of the students’ academic context who finds themselves in the process of previous formation to convert future professionals in the education of sciences: this study is broad from the experiences narrated viewed by the students. The objective of this investigation was to analyze the experiences of the practicum by the students of The Licenciatura en Ciencias de la Educación. This is a qualitative study, which is a phenomenological design with the participants’ sampling who were voluntary or randomly selected. The participants were six students from the major of Cultura Física, who developed the two stages of the Practicum correspondent to Malla Curricular 2013. For the recollection of data I applied semi-structure interviews; for the management of the thematic analysis I used the Atlas Ti 7 program. As a result, the study found several factors as; communication, feedback and the existing limitations among institutions. These factors help to identify how the practicum of the major of Cultura física (malla 2013) works. From the point of view of the students, this study could be the beginning for understanding and knowing how the practicum looks in the new major of Pedagogía de la Actividad Física y Deporte.