Mathematics for Prospective Primary Teachers. A Pilot Experience for Adapting to the European Higher Education Area

The future implementation of the European Higher Education Area requires thorough reflection on how to design and develop teacher training courses. In this reflection, it is important to reconsider, among other issues, the role of prospective teachers in their own learning process and the professional competencies that they must develop in the course of their higher education. Since 2004, the University of Granada has undertaken the development of pilot experiences to adapt some degree programs to this new framework, within them the degree Teacher in Primary Education. This degree includes several courses for promoting prospective teachersÕ development of mathematical and pedagogical knowledge. In this paper we first analyse the general process of adapting these courses. Secondly we describe its theoretical and practical structure, with some examples of practical activities. Finally, some results of the implementation are discussed