Differences between expectations and achievements in the initial training of Secondary school teachers

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to contribute to the improvement of the initial teacher training process by analyzing the differences between the training importance given to the objectives and the general professional competences of future teachers attending the Master’s Degree in Secondary Education Teacher Training. A Likert scale questionnaire collected the opinions of 353 students of this Master at the University of Cordoba designed with the aim of assessing the acquired level of development and the importance attributed to the general competences of the Master in the initial years of its implementation. The results show that the individuals participating in the study show high expectations regarding formative relevance of the mentioned objectives, although they give less importance to their development level in most of the cases. We consider that this data contributes to improve teachers’initial thoughts about their profession, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the mentioned Master in order to be able to design sound proposals that improve the initial training of the future teachers.