ACTIVITIES TO REFLECT ON THE LEARNING PROCESSES IN THE INITIAL TRAINING OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

Abstract

This article deals with the personal conceptions about the students´ learning of the Master of Professorship of Compulsory Secondary Education of the specialties of experimental sciences. A research has been carried out with thirty-one students. We have collected their conceptions about the learning process through an open questionnaire that includes eight questions on various aspects related to the learnings of science in the context of secondary education. The results obtained allow us to conclude that the students of this master possess personal conceptions on the learning that can influence their teaching action later and this point must be taken into account during the process of initial formation. It has been observed that they have a great variety of ideas, although many of these conceptions are idealized visions of the educational processes. They give a great importance to the idea that students are the main part of the learning process and to the necessity to foster understanding and motivation in the educational process. These results should be taken into account in the design of the process of initial teacher training.