Internships are a core component of this master’s degree, around which all the subjects are articulated. The internship period is designed to enable students to put into practice their professional teaching competences at secondary, upper secondary, vocational training, and language education levels. Internships are done in public schools or state-subsidised privade schools. They are progressive and are organised into three stages: (1) observation, (2) guided intervention and (3) independent intervention.

The following table illustrates this structure of the internship period.

Internship
Observation	Intervention
	Guided	Independent
Master's thesis

Documents

• Internship [dossier 2026/27] (in Catalan)
• 2026/2027 Calendar (in Catalan)

Training centres

The internships are carried out in training centres selected and accredited by the Catalan Department of Education. The list of training centres can be consulted at the following link:

https://educacio.gencat.cat/ca/arees-actuacio/professors/formacio/practiques-centres/

Assessment documents

• Evaluation by the school tutor (PDF) (in Catalan)
• Evaluation by the university tutor (DOC) (in Catalan)
• Overall evaluation (DOC) (in Catalan)

Requirements

None

Competences

• To acquire experience in the planning, teaching and assessment of subjects corresponding to the specialisation.
• To accredit a good command of oral and written communication in teaching practice.
• To master the social skills necessary to foster a climate that promotes work and coexistence.
• To take part in improvement proposals in different areas of practice by drawing on practise-based reflection.
• In guidance: to carry out psychopedagogical assessment, and advise other education professionals, students and families.

Assessment

Assessment is performed by the tutors assigned to the student (one from the school and one from the university). A single final grade will be given after applying the assessment criteria to the student’s activity at the school where the internship is done, to the learning portfolio and the internship report. To pass the internship, the student needs to obtain a positive assessment in:

• The evaluation report by the university tutor (50%).
• The evaluation report by the school tutor (50%).

Learning activities

The internship is carried out at the school where the student has been assigned a tutor. The timetable and length of time the student spends at the school are agreed by the student and the school’s tutor Attendance (days and hours) will be shown in the internship plan.

For the 14 ECTS credits of the internship (350 hours), the following distribution is recommended:

• Direct teaching practice with secondary education students (215 hours)
• School-based activities and on-site participation such as tutoring with the school tutor, interviews with the internship coordinator, interviews with other teachers and school professionals, attendance at staff meetings and, whenever possible, participation in different boards and/or committees that regulate the functioning of the centre, among others (65 hours).
• Specific internship-related activities, such as the selection and preparation of teaching materials, meetings with the university tutor for tutorials at the university, preparation of the assignments, and preparation of the internship report, among others (70 hours).

Contents

• Responsible, autonomous and caring attitude
• Social and cultural context of the educational action
• Professional activity of secondary education teaching staff
• Skills and competences of secondary education teaching staff
• Teaching practice
• Student diversity
• Teaching and learning processes
• Reflection on the teaching practice