Internships as part of the Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education/ Primary Education are carried out in infants, primary and nursery schools.Training based on the realities of the school and educational environment facilitates the assimilation of professional, academic and personal knowledge derived from day-to-day practice.With this in mind, students participate in school life from the first to the final year, with a role in the centre based on the study programme, progressing as follows:
First year: This involves guided observation within the module “Systematic Observation and Context Analysis (SOCA)” and the support of the Tutorial Action Plan (TAP).The placement at the centre lasts three weeks (90 hours), distributed over one week in the first semester and two weeks in the second semester.The placement is carried out in one of the Primary Education cycles (6-12 years of age).
Second year: This involves participatory observation placements in which a global analysis of the centre is carried out - its model of educational practices and management and its relationship with the environment.Furthermore, there will be a first level intervention in the classroom.This is carried out as part of the module “Organisation of the School Environment, Materials and Teaching skills”, and the placement in the centre is spread over four weeks (120 hours): two in the first semester, and two in the second.In order to enrol on the OEEMHD module and therefore carry out the associated internship, it is necessary to have passed the SOCA module.
Third and fourth years: Supervised intervention placements.They fully correspond to the 21-credit modules ‘Practicum 1 and TFG1’ on each of the two degrees (therefore amounting to a total of 42 credits).The module corresponding to the Bachelor's Degree in Primary education is carried out during first semester of the third year.The module corresponding to the Bachelor's Degree in Primary education is carried out during second semester of the fourth year.The placements in the centre are for a total of 270 hours distributed over nine weeks (30 hours per week) in each of the two years.The student designs, applies and evaluates a contextualised teaching unit at the centre, and carries out specific interventions in the classroom, supported and supervised by a mentor from the centre, with follow-up and reflection with the assigned by the Faculty.As part of the same module, a Reflective Practice seminar is offered in five sessions prior to the start of the internship at the school.The third year placement is on one of the years in the Primary Education cycles (6-12 years), the 4th year placement is in the first cycle of infant education (0-3), therefore in a nursery school.In order to enrol in the Practicum 1 and TFG1 modules, it is a necessary requirement to have passed the OEEMHD module.
Fifth year: Supervised autonomous intervention and research internships.They fully correspond to the 24-credit module “Practicum 2” on each of the two degree programmes (therefore amounting to a total of 48 credits).The module corresponding to the Bachelor's Degree in Primary education is carried out during first semester, and the one corresponding to the Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education is carried out during second semester.The placements in the centre are for a total of 360 hours, each, distributed over 12 weeks (30 hours per week).The aim is to allow students to put into practice a contextualised proposal for intervention and innovation, which takes the form of the development, monitoring and evaluation of an educational intervention, as well as acting as class teacher, making the appropriate decisions for classroom management, and reflecting on their own performance and on teaching practice in general.In the placement corresponding to the Primary Education degree, approximately 1/3 of the practicum hours are dedicated to activities related to the specialist subject.The placement corresponding to the Infant Education degree is of a general nature, and is carried out in one of the three years of the 2nd cycle of infant education (i3, i4 or i5).In order to enrol in the Practicum 2 modules, it is a necessary requirement to have passed the Practicum 1 and TFG1 module for the corresponding bachelor’s degree.
The centres hosting the placements must be publicly funded Infants and Primary schools recognised as training centres by the Department of Education at the Generalitat de Catalunya, or private nursery schools under specific agreement.