Un model formatiu per al pràcticum de grau. Algunes idees per a la reflexió
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In the new Psychology Degrees, external practices (Practicum) are especially relevant. As a
proof of that they have become the subject with more credits in the degree. However and due to
its special characteristics and the complexity its management brings with, some important aspects which define the formative model have been put apart. The purpose of this paper is to
provide some ideas in order to help shaping this model in response to issues such as the type
of competences we expect students to acquire, the learning outcomes we want them to
achieve, or the characteristics that the teaching-learning process in this subject has. With that
purpose in mind, the article is divided into three main sections. In the first one we propose the
competence of professional action (Echevarria, 2005) and its four components as the most
appropriate approach to delineate the specific and own competences of the Practicum. In the
second one, we address the characteristics of the professional knowledge students acquire
during their stay in the external centre and its relationship to the situated practices they develop
inside. Finally, in the third section, we present different models to interpret the teaching-learning
process which takes place within the Practicum. To conclude, we propose the professional
development model (García, 2006; Guile and Griffiths, 2001; Zabalza, 2011) as we consider it
the most suitable to respond to the objectives of a Practicum in the initial formation of
psychologists