Abstract

DIEGO CORREA, Marisol de  and  WEISS HORZ, Eduardo. Participación guiada de psicólogos en formación en dos comunidades de práctica profesional. Perfiles educativos [online]. 2017, vol.39, n.155, pp.20-37. ISSN 0185-2698.

This research analytically describes the training processes for six undergraduate students in the School of Psychology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, as they participate in two different communities of professional practice: a basic experimental research laboratory and a community center for psychotherapeutic intervention. Based on participants' observations and narrations from interviews, analysis is focused on the ways in which students take on the cultural repertoire of these settings by using it in specific situations in the work of experimental and clinical psychologists. The communities of practice facilitate a gradual approximation of professional work, by promoting guided participation in activities from lesser to greater complexity, while accompanied by expert peers and supervised by teachers/ professionals. To characterize this process -conceptualized by Jean Lave as legitimate peripheral participation, we propose the metaphor of stairways of educational participation.

Keywords : Professional training; Professional practice; Communities of practice; Guided participation; Psychologists.