New FETCH practicum project in Gambia

This January, the Faculty of Education, Translation and Human Sciences will begin a new practicum project in the Gambia. On 20 January, seven students from the Faculty (4 from the Psychology degree course, 2 from Physical Activity and Sports Sciences and 1 from Social Education) will travel to the sub-Saharan country to spend between one month and two months there. The students will visit the University of Gambia, the Ministry of Education and various projects in the country's capital, Banjul, and then travel to Jali, a small village in the interior, in the Kiang West region, where they will undertake teaching practice at several schools.
The objectives of the practicum are to find out about and participate in the Gambian educational system, to engage in community projects in the village of Jali, and to live within and adapt to a new culture. The practicum falls within the framework of the agreement between the UVic-UCC and the Abaraka Bake Sant Julià de Vilatorta-Jali association.