Experiencias de movilidad de estudiantes de magisterioRetos en otros entornos y realidades educativas

Resumen

From the internationalization of Higher Education, more students feel motivated to expand their knowledge and formation going abroad. At the University of Zaragoza, experiences of mobility are developed through the Programme Mobility Interchange. Sometimes, mobility provides a great personal and professional value for students. Therefore, the evaluation of their experiences regarding their expectancies and opinions, are important in order to provide new forms of guidance and orientation, which are commonly requested from students who initiates this experience for the first time. We assessed the student´s experiences of mobility (during school practices) in educative centers from other countries For doing so, we performed structured interviews to 5 students from the Degree of Infant or Primary Education who had enrolled in this mobility programme in Argentina, Dominican Republic and Sahara. Regarding student´s expectancies, all of them indicate that they had previous information from students who had previously enrolled in the programme. However, also an initial sense of uncertainty was also reported. On the other hand, many positive aspects were reported, such as their greater autonomy, maturity and taking distance from their comfort zone, as well as the hospitality, empathy and friendly reception. Some difficulties were also indicated such as the influence of social and political problems which sometimes interrupted their normal activity at the school, some teachers with scarce implication, a poor and restricted educational system, and limited favorable conditions to perform classes. Moreover, families were likely to show scarce implication for the education of their children. All the participants highly recommend the experience, considering as a very positive one (they scored the experience from 8 to 10, in a scale range from 0 to 10).