Finnish Criteria in Student Selection Tests for Initial Teacher Training in Spain

This article aims to show the results attained after recreating the Finnish selection standards and criteria for students of the degree in teaching, in this case involving a sample of students from the Faculty of Education Sciences of the University of Malaga (Spain). In this regard, we focus on the following aspect: What type of knowledge and/or personal abilities should be taken into account when selecting prospective teachers? The results show that none of the students in the sample responded positively to the different tests they undertook.