Accounting Administrative Practice: Linking Theory and Practice in Initial Teacher Training

This article focuses on the findings of a research project whose purpose is to reveal how external practices contribute to linking theory and practice in initial teacher training and to identify the perceptions and assessments of participants about this training experience. The method combines quantitative and qualitative techniques in order to understand the reality studied. Distance students, advising teachers, and tutors of practice centers participated in the study. Research results show that the implementation of this training experience has helped, to a large extent, to strengthen and consolidate the capacities of this disciplinary field and to develop generic skills.