Professionalization of university students: new approaches to the course by encounter

Abstract

Professionalization as a process is a requirement of social development and, as a trend, it is desirable because it guarantees higher quality in the professional performance of the teacher. Therefore, this article aims to systematize the main theoretical references of the professionalization process, in favor of the modes of action in students of the bachelor's degree in primary education in the modality Course by Encounters. A set of theoretical and empirical methods were used, which allowed to interpret from a materialistic dialectical logic the historical development that has had the process of professionalization and its contextualization in this degree, as well as substantiating the process under study. The integration of the instruments used has made it possible to identify shortcomings in the occupational behavior of these students, which prevent them from solving the vocational problems inherent in their teaching activity in educational institutions. The main results are the articulating character of the professionalization process in students of the bachelor's degree in Primary Education in the Course for Encounters, based on a more integral preparation, with attention to diversity and increasingly inclusive practices. In short, the process of professionalization must develop in students ways of acting, ways of proceeding that favor a competent professional performance, allowing them to be in accordance with the current educational requirements in Cuba.