Degree in Primary Education
240 credits - Faculty of Education
This degree programme is currently being phased out, and therefore no new students shall be admitted. From the academic year 2022-23 onwards, the new Double Degree in Early Childhood Education and Primary Education (2022 syllabus) will be available at the Minorca and Ibiza & Formentera sites.
| Duration | 4 years / 240 credits |
|---|---|
| Level MECES | 2 |
| Teaching method | In-Person Classes |
| Price |
Public price per credit, 1st registration: ¤15.63, ¤36.02, ¤77.97, ¤108.05 for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th enrolment respectively.
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Total cost
of the first enrolment in the first year:
¤978.99
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(*) Prices for the academic year: 2024-25
(**) Total cost of the first enrolment in the first year, including taxes, for EU
members under 28 years of age without any
special condition:
The main objective of this study programme is to train future teachers who will work in the primary schooling system.
The Degree in Primary Education is one of the programmes included in RD 1393/2007 of 29th October, Chapter III, Art. 12.9, as it qualifies graduates to work in a regulated professional activity in Spain. The conditions it fulfills are set out in the Resolution of 17th December 2007 from the Secretary of State for Universities and Research and Order ECI/3857/2007 of 27th December whereby the requirements for verification of official university titles that qualify graduates for Primary School Teaching are established. It is, therefore, an essential degree in order to work as a teacher of children aged 6-12 in the Spanish education system.
What skills will you acquire?
Students will acquire interdisciplinary competences that include fundamental, personal, interpersonal, and systematic abilities. They will learn psycho-socio-pedagogical skills related to the learning and development of personality, educational processes and contexts, society, family, and school. Students will be taught teaching disciplines, and they will acquire the ability to understand, speak, and write in English.
What profile should you have?
The ideal characteristics students should possess at the start of the programme leading to the Degree in Primary Education include:
- General intellectual capacity such as understanding oral and written texts, being able to defend their own ideas, etc.
- Personal, moral and ethical qualities such as the capacity to relate to others, dialogue and communication, listening, teamwork, initiative, democratic values and social harmony, etc.
- Specific qualities such as:
- Expressing themselves properly in the official languages of the Balearic Islands
- The ability to understand, speak and write in English
- An interest in teaching, learning processes and independent learning
- An interest in working with students and building their learning skills, with a respectful approach in terms of individual diversity in a group and a perspective of comprehensive, multi-disciplinary education
- Knowledge of pupils' immediate social and natural environment, and an interest in cultural activities, as well as understanding the world in which we all live
- An ability to interlink different areas of knowledge
- The initiative for group dynamics and the ability to manage co-learning and maintain harmony at schools
- An interest in acquiring intervention skills and strategies on organisational aspects, management, learning contents, use of materials and suitable resources, assessment processes, coordination, etc.
What career opportunities will you have?
- The Degree in Primary Education certifies graduates to work as primary school teachers.
- Other academic pathways from the selection of current postgraduate courses and PhD programmes are open to graduates.
Travel and Learn
The UIB offers students the chance to take part in different exchange and mobility programmes:
- Exchange and mobility programmes: to complete part of your studies at another university in Spain, the European Union, and around the world, or to get work experience at businesses in the European Union, managed by the International Relations Service.
- Volunteer work experience and projects with university development cooperation programmes in least developed countries, run through the development cooperation programmes managed by the Cooperation for Development and Solidarity Office (OCDS).
High-quality official study
Legislation requires that official Spanish Degrees receive positive evaluations by the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA). This process is called verification, and it serves to ensure that the development programme in which you will participate will provide the skills and learning results that it is supposed to.
See the official degree study plan report
The European Higher Education Area requires that a system be in place to ensure the quality of degree programmes .
Bachelor's programmes are subject to assessment and are continuously improved upon in order to guarantee their prestige and recognition within Europe. You can see the results of the assessments at results section .
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