Objectives and competences

The master's degree in Teacher Training in Compulsory Secondary and Upper Secondary School Education, Vocational Training and Languages. The master's degree in Teacher Training in Compulsory Secondary and Upper Secondary School Education, Vocational Training and Languages is a career-oriented course providing initial training based on the acquisition of the skills required to teach, in both public and private centres, compulsory and upper secondary education, vocational training and languages.

The various specializations offered at the University of Barcelona are taught by teachers with up-to-date knowledge and in permanent contact with today's educational reality. The teaching staff for the master's degree, organized in teams and coordinated by specialization and in a cross-disciplinary sense, guarantee the level of quality essential to a course of this nature, having considerable social and educational impact. The current timetable may be reviewed by consulting the table Distribution of master's specializations.

Basic information

Type Master's degree
Faculty or school Faculty of Education
Branch of knowledge
  • Education sciences
  • Interdisciplinary
Mode of delivery
  • Face-to-face
Credits 60
Number of places available 450
Length of course 1 academic year
Language(s) of instruction Catalan and Spanish
Approximate price per credit 18.46 euros per credit (71 euros for students who are not EU nationals and do not currently reside in Spain). Fees for the academic year 2022-2023
Coordination Diego Calderón Garrido
Course details Indicators
Open pre-enrolment No
Open enrolment No
Lead to doctoral studies Yes
Admission for applicants not holding a degree qualification No
Professional practice Yes
Bridging courses No
Specializations
  • Biology and Geology
  • Catalan/Spanish Language and Literature
  • Classical Culture - Latin and Greek
  • Drawing
  • English
  • Foreign Languages
  • Geography and History
  • Music
  • Philosophy
  • Physical Education
  • Physics and Chemistry
  • Professional Training: Health
  • Professional Training: Services

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Objectives and competences

Objectives

The course provides students with the knowledge, skills and qualities required to work as teachers in compulsory and upper secondary education, in vocational training, and in education in the specific fields of the arts, sport and languages. Thus, successful students will have accomplished the following objectives:
  • Understand the curricular content of the corresponding teaching specializations, and be familiar with relevant teaching and learning processes.
  • Plan, implement and evaluate teaching and learning processes, identifying areas for improvement to facilitate the acquisition of competences in each area of knowledge.
  • Define a curriculum you would wish to implement in an educational institution participating in collective planning.
  • Design and develop learning spaces, focusing particularly on equality, emotional education and values, equal rights and opportunities and diversity, and incorporating tutor responsibilities.
  • Apply strategies to stimulate student effort, thereby increasing the capacity for independent and collective learning, and for the resolution of conflict.
  • Understand the regulations and the institutional organization of the education system.
  • Provide parents/guardians with information and advice on teaching and learning processes, and on the personality, academic profile and professional outlook of their children.

Competences

Profile of specific competences
  • Understand the formative and cultural value of the subjects covered in the specialization and the content of the corresponding programs of study.
  • With regard to vocational training, understand the evolution of the world of work, the relationships between society, work and quality of life, and the need to acquire proper training to be able to adapt to possible changes that may be required in different jobs.
  • With regard to educational and professional counselling, understand the processes and resources for preventing inter-personal and learning problems, and academic and professional counselling techniques.


Profile of generic competences
  • Knowledge of the functions, features, regulatory framework, organization and historical evolution of the Spanish educational system and its configuration in Catalonia, and of the basic organizational elements of schools and other education centres and their relationships with political structures and the public administration.
  • Understanding of the fundamental and defining aspects of society and the family environment and the roles they play in education. Ability to establish effective channels of communication and cooperation between the educational institution, the students and their families. Understanding of the importance of contemporary in providing educational guidance, and capacity to apply measures for promoting of education.
  • Understanding of the psychological development of students, their social contexts and principal motivations.
  • Capacity to design and apply strategies for optimising the benefits of classroom interaction and communication, and methodologies for obtaining the best possible academic performance.
  • Capacity to create programs of activities and study from the general and specific aspects of educational curricula. Capacity to plan educational programs with regard to established learning objectives and required skills and competences.
  • Capacity to apply evaluation tools and strategies adapted to specific areas of knowledge, the specific and general objectives in each case, and the skills and competences to be learned.
  • Ability to identify and deal effectively and sensitively with individual differences and the general diversity of the student population. Capacity to detect specific learning difficulties, and employ the appropriate resources for overcoming these difficulties.
  • Capacity to introduce information and communication technologies into educational activities.
  • Capacity to employ a range of methods for mediation and conflict resolution.
  • Capacity to promote group work and coordination in teaching practice.
  • Ability to apply fundamental educational research techniques and methodologies, and the capacity to design and carry out research and innovation projects applicable to the general field of education and specific contexts in the field of knowledge. Capacity to apply innovative teaching methodologies and strategies.
  • Commitment to ethical practice, based on critical and self-critical capabilities and an appreciation of the social importance of education.
  • Capacity to promote the use of scientific method as a research and learning tool. Capacity to use personal scientific knowledge of the discipline to design models for facilitating the understanding of contemporary reality, and of reasoned, well-founded and critical decisions related to the major issues of contemporary society.

Access and admission

Applicant profile and access requirements

Recommended applicant profile

The master's is addressed to holders of a doctorate or any type of degree qualification who wish to become teachers of compulsory secondary education, upper secondary education or vocational training.

Given the nature of the course, candidates are expected to display the following characteristics:

  • An interest in education and teaching.
  • Sufficient knowledge in the subject matter of the chosen specialization.
  • An interest in culture in the broadest sense.
  • Interest and aptitude for interpersonal communication and group leadership.
  • Interest and experience participating in projects of social intervention, socioeducational or other projects, primarily targeted at adolescence and youth.
  • Knowledge of and aptitude in the use of foreign languages.

Access requirements and conditions

General requirements
In accordance with Article 16 of Royal Decree 1393/2007, of 29 October, students wishing to be admitted to a university master's degree must hold one of the following qualifications:

  • Official Spanish university degree.

  • A degree issued by a higher education institution within the European Higher Education Area framework that authorizes the holder to access university master's degree courses in the country of issue.

  • A qualification issued by an institution outside the framework of the European Higher Education Area. In this case, applicants must request homologation of the degree to its equivalent official Spanish university qualification or obtain express approval from the University of Barcelona, which will conduct a study of equivalence to ensure that the degree is of a comparable level to an official Spanish university qualification and that it grants access to university master's degree study in the country of issue. Admission shall not, in any case, imply that prior qualifications have been recognized as equivalent to a Spanish master's degree and does not confer recognition for any purposes other than that of admission to the master's degree course.

Specific requirements
Paragraph 4.2 of the Annex to Order ECI/3858/2007 of 27 December establishes that admission to the master's degree requires demonstrable accreditation of competences and skills relevant to the specialization of choice, which will be verified by means of a test, from which candidates in possession of a university degree corresponding to this specialization will be exempt.

Relevant degree qualifications must have been issued by a university in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). In cases of degrees issued by universities not included in the EHEA, the qualification must be certified to have provided a level of education equivalent to the corresponding official university degrees in Spain, and entitle the holder to access postgraduate studies in the issuing country.
Furthermore, paragraph 4.2 of the Annex to Order ECI/3858/2007 of 27 December establishes that access to the master's degree requires demonstrable knowledge of a second language equivalent to level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Further information.

Pre-enrolment

Calendar

Pre-enrolment for the master's degree is determined by the Generalitat of Catalonia.
Further information about the master degree

Further information about pre-enrolment

(links in Catalan)

Enrolment

As a general rule, at the UB you will be required to enrol online. Remember that you can lose your place if you do not enrol on the day you have been assigned

Course curriculum

Subjects and course plans

Distribution of credits

Type ECTS
Compulsory 15
Optional 25
Compulsory placements 14
Compulsory final project 6
TOTAL 60

List of subjects

Subject Type Language Credits
Specialization: Biology and Geology
Complementary Studies for Professional Training in Biology Optional 1st semester 10
Complementary Studies for Professional Training in Geology Optional 1st semester 10
Field Work as a Teaching Tool Optional 2nd semester 2.5
Final Project Compulsory 1st semester 6
Learning and Personality Development Compulsory 1st semester 5
Placements I Compulsory 1st semester 5
Placements II Compulsory 2nd semester 9
Secondary Education Contexts: Systems, Models and Strategies Compulsory 1st semester 2.5
Sociology of Secondary Education Compulsory 1st semester 5
Teaching and Learning of Biology and Geology Optional 1st semester 10
Teaching Innovation and Educational Research on Biology and Geology Optional 1st semester 2.5
Tutoring and Orientation Compulsory 1st semester 2.5
Specialization: Catalan/Spanish Language and Literature
Catalan Discursive Genres: from Colloquialism to Formal Discourse Optional 1st semester 2.5
Catalan Literary Texts: the Poetics of Literary Genre Optional 1st semester 2.5
Catalan Literature in the Context of World Literature Optional 1st semester 2.5
Estratègies i Recursos per Desenvolupar la Competència Comunicativa i Lingüística en Llengua Castellana Optional 1st semester 5
Estratègies i Recursos per Desenvolupar la Competència Comunicativa i Lingüística en Llengua Catalana Optional 1st semester 5
Final Project Compulsory 1st semester 6
La Literatura Castellana a la Secundària i el Batxillerat: Textos i Contextos Optional 2nd semester 5
La Literatura Catalana a la Secundària i el Batxillerat: Textos i Contextos Optional 2nd semester 5
Learning and Personality Development Compulsory 1st semester 5
Methodology of Scientific Research Applied to Catalan Language and Literature Optional 1st semester 2.5
Methodology of Scientific Research Applied to Spanish Language and Literature Optional 1st semester 2.5
Placements I Compulsory 1st semester 5
Placements II Compulsory 2nd semester 9
Questions in Applied Linguistics: Catalan for Newly-Arrived Users Optional 1st semester 2.5
Second Language Acquisition by Language Immersion (Catalan) Optional 2nd semester 2.5
Second Language Acquisition by Language Immersion (Spanish) Optional 2nd semester 2.5
Secondary Education Contexts: Systems, Models and Strategies Compulsory 1st semester 2.5
Sociology of Secondary Education Compulsory 1st semester 5
Spanish Literary Texts: the Poetics of Literary Genre Optional 1st semester 2.5
Spanish Literature in the Context of World Literature Optional 1st semester 2.5
Teaching Catalan as a Second Language Optional 1st semester 5
Teaching Catalan Language and Literature in Secondary School Optional 1st semester 5
Teaching Spanish as a Second Language Optional 1st semester 5
Teaching Spanish Language and Literature in Secondary School Optional 1st semester 5
Tutoring and Orientation Compulsory 1st semester 2.5
Specialization: Classical Culture - Latin and Greek
Classics and Scientific Language, Technique and Art Optional 1st semester 2.5
Final Project Compulsory 1st semester 6
Information and Communication Technologies in the Learning of Classical Languages Optional 1st semester 2.5
Interpretation, Commentary and Adaptation of Greek Texts Optional 1st semester 2.5
Interpretation, Commentary and Adaptation of Latin Texts Optional 1st semester 2.5
Learning and Personality Development Compulsory 1st semester 5
Placements I Compulsory 1st semester 5
Placements II Compulsory 2nd semester 9
Scribere scribendo, dicendo dicere disces': Re-examining the Teaching of Classical Languages Optional 1st semester 2.5
Secondary Education Contexts: Systems, Models and Strategies Compulsory 1st semester 2.5
Sociology of Secondary Education Compulsory 1st semester 5
Teaching and Learning of Classical Culture Optional 1st semester 2.5
Teaching and Learning of Classical Languages Optional 1st semester 5
Teaching Innovation in Classical Languages Optional 2nd semester 2.5
Themes, Characters and Classical Myths in Western Culture Optional 2nd semester 2.5
Tutoring and Orientation Compulsory 1st semester 2.5
Specialization: Drawing
Complementary Subjects: Image, Design and Volume Optional 1st semester 2.5
Drawing and Techniques in Visual Arts and Graphic Expression Optional 1st semester 5
Final Project Compulsory 1st semester 6
Innovation and Educational Research on Drawing Optional 1st semester 2.5
Learning and Personality Development Compulsory 1st semester 5
Placements I Compulsory 1st semester 5
Placements II Compulsory 2nd semester 9
Secondary Education Contexts: Systems, Models and Strategies Compulsory 1st semester 2.5
Sociology of Secondary Education Compulsory 1st semester 5
Teaching and Learning of Visual Arts I Optional 1st semester 7.5
Teaching and Learning of Visual Arts II Optional 1st semester 5
Theory and History of Teaching Art in its Application in Secondary Education Optional 1st semester 2.5
Tutoring and Orientation Compulsory 1st semester 2.5
Specialization: English
Acquisition of English as a Foreign Language Optional 1st semester 2.5
An Interlinguistic and Intercultural Approach to English Discursive Genres and their Cultural Representations in a Globalized World Optional 1st semester 2.5
Applied Linguistics of English Optional 1st semester 2.5
Dealing with Formal Aspects of English: from Forms to the Language Classroom Optional 1st semester 2.5
Final Project Compulsory 1st semester 6
Information and Communication Technologies in English Language Learning Optional 1st semester 2.5
Language Development in English Optional 1st semester 2.5
Learning and Personality Development Compulsory 1st semester 5
Methodology of Scientific Research in the English Language Classroom Optional 2nd semester 2.5
Placements I Compulsory 1st semester 5
Placements II Compulsory 2nd semester 9
Secondary Education Contexts: Systems, Models and Strategies Compulsory 1st semester 2.5
Sociology of Secondary Education Compulsory 1st semester 5
Teaching and Learning of English as a Foreign Language Optional 1st semester 2.5
Teaching and Learning of English Optional 1st semester 5
Tutoring and Orientation Compulsory 1st semester 2.5
Specialization: Foreign Languages
An Interlinguistic and Intercultural Approach to English Discursive Genres and their Cultural Representations in a Globalized World Optional 1st semester 2.5
Applied Linguistics Optional 1st semester 2.5
Final Project Compulsory 1st semester 6
Foreign Language Acquisition Optional 1st semester 2.5
Formal Aspects of Methods in the Language Classroom Optional 1st semester 2.5
Information and Communication Technologies in Language Learning Optional 2nd semester 2.5
Language Development Optional 1st semester 2.5
Learning and Personality Development Compulsory 1st semester 5
Placements I Compulsory 1st semester 5
Placements II Compulsory 2nd semester 9
Scientific Research Methodology in the Classroom Optional 2nd semester 2.5
Secondary Education Contexts: Systems, Models and Strategies Compulsory 1st semester 2.5
Sociology of Secondary Education Compulsory 1st semester 5
Teaching and Learning of Foreign Languages Optional 1st semester 2.5
Teaching and Learning of German Optional 1st semester 5
Teaching and Learning of Romance Languages (French, Italian and Portuguese) Optional 1st semester 5
Tutoring and Orientation Compulsory 1st semester 2.5
Specialization: Geography and History
Complementary Studies in Geography Optional 1st semester 5
Complementary Studies in History of Art Optional 1st semester 5
Complementary Studies in History Optional 1st semester 5
Educational Research and Innovation in Geography, History and History of Art Optional 2nd semester 2.5
Ensenyament de les CCSS i la Tecnologia Optional 2nd semester 2.5
Final Project Compulsory 1st semester 6
Further Studies in the Teaching of Art History Optional 2nd semester 2.5
History of Art Workshop Optional 2nd semester 2.5
History Workshop Optional 2nd semester 2.5
Learning and Personality Development Compulsory 1st semester 5
Placements I Compulsory 1st semester 5
Placements II Compulsory 2nd semester 9
Secondary Education Contexts: Systems, Models and Strategies Compulsory 1st semester 2.5
Sociology of Secondary Education Compulsory 1st semester 5
Teaching and Learning of Geography Optional 2nd semester 5
The Teaching of History and History of Art Optional 2nd semester 5
The Teaching of History Optional 2nd semester 5
Tutoring and Orientation Compulsory 1st semester 2.5
Specialization: Music
Accompanying Roles in Musical Performance, Arrangements and Keyboards Optional 1st semester 2.5
Educational Innovation and Research on Music Optional 1st semester 2.5
Final Project Compulsory 1st semester 6
Learning and Personality Development Compulsory 1st semester 5
Music and Information and Learning Technology Optional 2nd semester 2.5
Música Instrumental en Grup per a l'Etapa de Secundària Optional 1st semester 2.5
Musical Theory in Secondary Education Optional 1st semester 2.5
Placements I Compulsory 1st semester 5
Placements II Compulsory 2nd semester 9
Planning and Assessment of Musical Learning and its Difficulties Optional 1st semester 5
Rhythm, Body, Movement and Dance Optional 1st semester 2.5
Secondary Education Contexts: Systems, Models and Strategies Compulsory 1st semester 2.5
Sociology of Secondary Education Compulsory 1st semester 5
Teaching and Learning of Listening and Musical Comprehension Optional 1st semester 5
Teaching and Learning of Musical Expression and Creation Optional 1st semester 2.5
Tecnologia Digital i Educació Musical Optional 2nd semester 2.5
Tutoring and Orientation Compulsory 1st semester 2.5
Voice and Song in Secondary Education Optional 1st semester 2.5
Specialization: Philosophy
Complementary Studies for Professional Training in Ethics, Political Philosophy, Citizenship and Human Rights Optional 1st semester 2.5
Complementary Studies for Professional Training in Philosophy and History of Philosophy Optional 1st semester 7.5
Final Project Compulsory 1st semester 6
Innovation and Research on the Teaching of Philosophy Optional 2nd semester 2.5
Learning and Personality Development Compulsory 1st semester 5
Placements I Compulsory 1st semester 5
Placements II Compulsory 2nd semester 9
Secondary Education Contexts: Systems, Models and Strategies Compulsory 1st semester 2.5
Sociology of Secondary Education Compulsory 1st semester 5
Teaching and Learning of Philosophy I: Planning for Teaching and Learning Optional 1st semester 5
Teaching and Learning of Philosophy II: Methodologies, Resources and Evaluation Optional 1st semester 5
Teaching and Learning of Philosophy III: New Approaches Optional 1st semester 2.5
Tutoring and Orientation Compulsory 1st semester 2.5
Specialization: Physical Education
Àrees Temàtiques 1. Expressió Corporal i Temps de Lleure Optional 2nd semester 2.5
Àrees Temàtiques 2. Activitat Física i Salut, i Esports i Valors Optional 2nd semester 2.5
Curricular Development of Physical Education in Secondary Education Optional 1st semester 2.5
Diversity in Physical Education Optional 2nd semester 2.5
Evaluation of Physical Education: Tools and Techniques Optional 1st semester 2.5
Final Project Compulsory 1st semester 6
Innovation and Research Applied to Physical Education Optional 1st semester 2.5
Inter- and Cross-Disciplinary Practice in Physical Education Optional 2nd semester 2.5
Learning and Personality Development Compulsory 1st semester 5
Physical Education Theory: Past, Present and Future Optional 2nd semester 2.5
Placements I Compulsory 1st semester 5
Placements II Compulsory 2nd semester 9
Secondary Education Contexts: Systems, Models and Strategies Compulsory 1st semester 2.5
Sociology of Secondary Education Compulsory 1st semester 5
Structure and Functions of a School Department of Physical Education Optional 2nd semester 2.5
Teaching and Learning of Physical Education in Secondary Education Optional 1st semester 5
Teaching and Learning of Physical Education in Special Education Optional 1st semester 5
Tutoring and Orientation Compulsory 1st semester 2.5
Specialization: Physics and Chemistry
Complementary Studies in Chemistry Optional 1st semester 5
Complementary Studies in Physics Optional 1st semester 5
Final Project Compulsory 1st semester 6
Innovation and Introduction to Educational Research on Physics and Chemistry Optional 1st semester 2.5
Learning and Personality Development Compulsory 1st semester 5
Physics and Chemistry in Context Optional 1st semester 5
Placements I Compulsory 1st semester 5
Placements II Compulsory 2nd semester 9
Secondary Education Contexts: Systems, Models and Strategies Compulsory 1st semester 2.5
Sociology of Secondary Education Compulsory 1st semester 5
Teaching and Learning of Chemistry Optional 1st semester 5
Teaching and Learning of Chemistry Optional 1st semester 7.5
Teaching and Learning of Physics Optional 1st semester 5
Tutoring and Orientation Compulsory 1st semester 2.5
Specialization: Professional Training: Health
Curriculum and Teacher Planning in the Vocational Training of Health Professionals Optional 1st semester 7.5
Evaluation of the Vocational Training of Health Professionals Optional 1st semester 2.5
Final Project Compulsory 1st semester 6
Innovation and Educational Research on the Vocational Training of Health Professionals Optional 2nd semester 2.5
Learning and Personality Development Compulsory 1st semester 5
Methodological Strategies in the Vocational Training of Health Professionals Optional 1st semester 5
Placements I Compulsory 1st semester 5
Placements II Compulsory 2nd semester 9
Secondary Education Contexts: Systems, Models and Strategies Compulsory 1st semester 2.5
Sociology of Secondary Education Compulsory 1st semester 5
Tutoring and Orientation Compulsory 1st semester 2.5
Vocational Training of Health Professionals in the Education System: Functions, Structure, Mode and Organization Optional 1st semester 7.5
Specialization: Professional Training: Services
Curriculum and Teacher Planning in the Vocational Training of Tertiary-Sector Professionals Optional 1st semester 7.5
Evaluation of the Vocational Training of Tertiary-Sector Professionals Optional 1st semester 2.5
Final Project Compulsory 1st semester 6
Innovation and Educational Research on the Vocational Training of Tertiary-Sector Professionals Optional 2nd semester 2.5
Learning and Personality Development Compulsory 1st semester 5
Methodological Strategies in the Vocational Training of Tertiary-Sector Professionals Optional 1st semester 5
Placements I Compulsory 1st semester 5
Placements II Compulsory 2nd semester 9
Secondary Education Contexts: Systems, Models and Strategies Compulsory 1st semester 2.5
Sociology of Secondary Education Compulsory 1st semester 5
Tutoring and Orientation Compulsory 1st semester 2.5
Vocational Training of Tertiary-Sector Professionals in the Education System: Functions, Structure, Mode and Organization Optional 1st semester 7.5

Previous years

Placements

Placements in a company or another type of organization are an integral part of university studies, providing first-hand experience of working methodologies in students' chosen professional fields. They offer invaluable practical experience for the transition into work after graduation.



Placements are supervised by tutors and subject to assessment. They are therefore included in the academic record.  There is also an option to complete non-curricular placements of up to 750 hours, which can be extended to 900 hours. For both curricular and non-curricular placements, an educational cooperation agreement is signed between the UB and the company, institution or other organization at which the placement will be carried out.



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The training offered by this master's degree must ensure the acquisition of the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to serve as a teacher in compulsory secondary education, upper secondary education and vocational training, and in education in the arts, sport and languages, as provided by Royal Decree 1834/208 of November 8, and Royal Decree 860/2010 of 2 July.

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