19_03_25_EDU_practicum

Nearly twenty students from the Degrees single and double Education have completed their curricular internships for two months abroad. Some of the destinations they traveled to were China, India, the United States and Finland, one of the favorite destinations.

Two third year students, Sara Martínez and Guadalupe Caireta, had the opportunity to tell their experience during the conference Experience of Education, held on March 20 and organized by the School of Education and Psychology. Also taking part in these conference were their colleagues Iranzu Orcoyen, Goretti Amonarriz, Álvaro Valpuesta and Sheila Martínez. The latter told how their internships in national centers and foundations had been development .

Sara Martínez, a third year student of Degree in Education Infant, did her internship in Oulu, a city the size of Pamplona, considered the fifth largest city in Finland. She was at the high school Montessori Preschool, in a class with 28 students between the ages of two and seven. "There were four teachers and a kitchen teaching assistant ," she recounted. The student highlighted that the children were very autonomous, something they achieved at high school by following the maxim: 'Help me do it myself'. Another aspect that caught her attention was the respect the preschoolers had for their classmates and the materials used at class. Also. Regarding how she had gotten along with the language, the student explained that one of the teachers spoke English and another Spanish, but the rest knew neither one nor the other language. "Doing the Practicum International enriches you as a person," she concluded.

Almost recently arrived from the Philippines, her third year classmate from Degree at Education Elementary, Guadalupe Caireta, told of her experience at high school Woodrose, located in the metropolitan area of Manila, the capital. "There is a big class difference in the Philippines," she wielded at conference. Guadalupe described high school as private, all-girls and "very competitive", where "the teachers are very specialized". In relation to those in Spain, she defined Woodrose as a small high school . On the other hand, during her internship Guadalupe was living with a family, something she defined as "very positive": "You get to plenary session of the Executive Council with the family".

Breakfast get-together to share your experience

The School of Education and Psychology is committed to the internationalization of its students as an advantage to access the labor market. For this reason, School has organized a series of workshops during the month of March with the aim of providing goal keys and tools for preparing an international curriculum vitae and successfully passing an international interview. third year internships in another country.

The last of these workshops will consist of a breakfast-tertulia, in which the students Raúl Tejada, Lucía Saenz and Lucía Corcobado, will tell their experience in the international practicum they have done in the North Davis Preparatory Academy (USA), and in the International School of Hyuderabad (India). This workshop will be held tomorrow, March 26, 2019, at classroom 7 of Amigos Building.