BELIEFS OF THE STUDENTS OF THE SECONDARY MASTER IN SPAIN-PORTUGAL

Abstract

The general objective of this study is to analyze the curricular reality and the opinions of the students about the teaching methods they know during their professional training in the Master’s Degree in Secondary Education at the University of Córdoba (Spain) and the University of Porto (Portugal). The implemented methodology has allowed us to identify, through a questionnaire type survey, the students' conceptions of the methodologies and didactic strategies that they think would be more appropriate for their future professional practice and teacher training. The results of the investigation indicate that the students are unaware of the didactic models to be used in their classes. Finally, this work was an opportunity to probe the beliefs that students have about the excessive theorizing of subjects.

TEACHER EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; DIDACTICS; TEACHING METHODS