The adaptation of the Spanish university system to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) involves a significant change in the way of understanding teaching and learning processes, both from the viewpoint of the teacher and of the students. Training aimed at the attainment of skills, independent learning for students, the new role played by teaching materials and curricular linkage with Information and Communication Technologies (ITC), along with the shortcomings detected in the development of the subject of Physical Education Teaching Practice (Practicum), constitute the focus of interest on which this work is based