Learning networks between infant schools-university: Evaluation of an innovative experience

This paper presents an experiment in teaching innovation developed at the University of Cordoba's Faculty of Education, in the second year of the Infant Education Teacher Training course, within the subject of General Didactics. The innovative approach adopted focused on setting up a Collaboration Network between infant schools and the University. Taking the Project Work method as the central axis, a learning network has been built with the participation of sixteen Infant Education teachers, three hundred and twenty children from this stage, seven university teachers, eighty five trainee teachers and two Infant Education advisers from a continuing professional development centre for teachers. The theoretical foundations and stages underpinning this experience are described. We analyse the value assigned to university students for their professional training, the contributions reported to the participating teachers, and we identify the study's weaknesses and strengths.