The Reflexive Training Setting as a model for working on the meanings that shape student’s view of their role. A case study on psychology freshmen

In the present study we underline the utility of the Reflexive Training Setting (RTS) in the bachelor degree in psychology. The RTS is an educational method aimed at promoting students’ self-awareness about their representations of the training experience. Furthermore, we present a survey on the meanings a group of freshmen enrolling in a Psychology degree ascribe to the student’s training role. We interpret these meanings as the result of the specific positioning the students assume in relation to the symbolizations shared in the wider social context they belong to, and as the interpretative keys through which the students represent their relationship with the University and the professional figure they wish to become. Our analysis is aimed at exploring whether , and in which directions, the students’ ways of interpreting their training experience will change , thanks to a specific workshop on the Reflexive Training Setting methodology designed to help students incorporate reflexivity in their training experience.