Pedagogy practicum at the University of Barcelona

Abstract

This article presents a narrative review of the scientific production generated over the last 10 years by the coordination department of the Pedagogy degree practicum at the University of Barcelona, through the consolidated teaching innovation group PRAXIS. Following a bibliometric approach, a total of 14 articles and numerous participations in conferences and book chapters were detected from 2010 to 2020. These are presented in chronological order and allow a critical reflection on the PRAXIS group’s 3 lines of constant analysis: curriculum, methodology and evaluation. These aspects, which have led to the current model of external internships, have been addressed in a transversal and continuous way in the different publications stemming from the group’s activity. This review, however, has allowed three historical stages to be detected in which the focus has been on one of these thematic lines over time. After establishing these stages, the historical development of the research carried out in relation to each of the three lines is presented. With the evidence extracted from the research, we validate the functionality of the internship model and its possible transfer to other universities. Lastly, contemplating the situation of exceptionality caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the new educational challenges that derive from it, the coordination of the practicum proposes orientations of change and improvement, identifying possible new lines of research that may guide the Practicum’s endeavours to meet the challenges posed in the current situation and in the long term.

Keywords: Practicum, pedagogy, research, assessment.