Teaching practices and teachers’ perceptions in the implementation of the ECTS methodology in the early childhood education teaching degree

Resumen

Since 2009-2010 academic year, teaching of B. A. Degree in Pre-School Education Teacher in UCLM Faculty of Education in Albacete (Spain) is being developed based on the ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) characteristic methodology. All throughout the process of assessment of training practice that stems from ECTS, it turns out to be necessary to detect malfunctions that could be corrected by a coordinated work of teaching teams For methodological assessment purposes, research was carried out pursuing to know perceptions and sensitivities of student body in relation to methodological aspects key in the new system methodology, along with organization-related factors. The research was oriented to improve the quality of teaching, and in this article its basic conclusions are explained. The article has an applied approach, focused on a educational praxis apt to redound to a significant improvement in the training of the future Pre-school education teachers