Los perfiles de ingreso como herramientas para la mejora de las titulaciones: el Grado de Información y Documentación en la Universidad de Zaragoza (España)

Abstract

Information about the profiles of students entering a degree course makes it possible to identify the abilities of incoming students in a given training programme. The objective is to find out and analyse the elements involved both in the recruitment of students and in the training process itself. The profile of the Information Science degree student at the University of Zaragoza is that of a woman who lives with her parents and comes basically from a Social Sciences background in her secondary school studies. Her choice of a degree course is based on two elements: her sense of vocation and the professional openings available. She likes to follow the day-to-day news, she uses the libraries regularly and is interested in taking part in programmes such as ERASMUS or SICU. She emphasizes her desire to do voluntary practical work in companies or institutions. She normally uses the Internet for professional purposes related to her academic formation and for personal matters. The foreign language that she is familiar with is English, though her ability to understand and to write English is better than her ability to speak. An in-depth knowledge of the various elements that make up the entry profile in any given degree makes it possible to plan various training activities of an internal and external nature, shaping them according to the expectations of those concerned in the teaching-learning process