Condicionantes y características de los estudiantes que inician Magisterio: Estudio descriptivo y comparativo entre especialidades

This educational research has to do with increasing concern in Europe on convergent professional profiles, and with specific situational needs and conditions analysis targeted to improve European educational systems. Our research aims to be a contribution in this field from a teachers’ education perspective. Features and conditions at the time of beginning teachers’ studies are analyzed (age, previous studies, University access, other preferred studies, reasons to choose Education studies, interests, inclinations and hobbies related to professional development, and significant self-image characteristics). Different specialities may trigger different results, and such circumstance has been controlled. Studies profiles have been looked for as well as meaningful information useful to draft studies curricula. It is an ex post facto, cross-speciality, and comparative research. Both descriptive and comparative, parametric and non-parametric statistical work has been carried out.