Initial stage of the training of professional pedagogical skills for orientation and mobility

Abstract

Initial training is recognized as the first instance of preparation for learning the profession. To cope the demands of the 2030 Agenda to guarantee the quality of education for all, the development of professional pedagogical skills requires a conception that enables students to comply with their model of the professional aligned with social needs. The Bachelor's Degree in Special Education of the University of Pinar del Río "Hermanos Saiz Montes de Oca" as a social demand visualizes the limitations in initial training for the development of sensory skills and in the movement of students with visual disabilities to achieve greater levels of independence and autonomy. Derived from this analysis, theoretical methods were applied, such as analysis, analysis-synthesis, induction-deduction and modeling; of the empirical level such as the analysis of documents, observation and interview that, with the support of descriptive statistics procedures, allowed the integration of the results between March and April 2022. The objective is to characterize the initial stage of the formation of the professional pedagogical skills of students of the Bachelor's Degree in Special Education for the orientation and mobility of students with visual disabilities.  As a result, regularities focused on the success of the interdisciplinary-intersectoral relationship, the Investigative Labor Training discipline and limitations in the comprehensive approach and stimulation of students' metacognition for the formation of specific skills, among others, are evident.