RT Journal Article T1 Motivation and Perceived Learning of Secondary Education History Students. Analysis of a Programme on Initial Teacher Training A1 Gómez Carrasco, Cosme Jesús A1 Rodríguez Medina, Jairo A1 Miralles Martínez, Pedro A1 López Facal, Ramón K1 History education K1 Teacher training K1 Secondary education K1 Motivation K1 Perceived learning AB This paper presents the results of research on the initial teacher training in Spain. The aim is to verify whether the development of a training program for teachers based on methodological and epistemological aspects has a positive repercussion on the learning of secondary school pupils. We evaluated to what degree this training was reflected in secondary education pupils (n = 467, Mage = 14.74, SD = 1.97) taught by the participating trainee teachers during their period of teaching practice. A pretest and a postest were employed to obtain data on the methodology and the motivation and perceived learning on the part of the pupils. A confirmatory factor analysis was carried out to verify the validity and internal consistency of the tools and, later, the longitudinal invariance in each of the dimensions analyzed. The results confirm the internal consistency and validity of the tools employed and the improvement in the pupils' evaluation regarding methodology, motivation, and learning PB Frontiers Media SN 1664-1078 YR 2021 FD 2021 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/26714 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/26714 LA eng NO Front. Psychol. 2021, 12:661780. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.661780 NO This article has been possible thanks to the research project funded by Ministry of Science, University and Innovation, co-funded by FEDER funding Conceptos Metodológicos y Métodos Activos de Aprendizaje para la Mejora de las Competencias Docentes del Profesorado (PGC2018-094491-B-C33) (MCI/AEI/FEDER, UE), and project Competencias Docentes y Métodos Activos de Aprendizaje. Una Investigación Evaluativa con el Profesorado en Formación de Ciencias Sociales (20638/JLI/18), funded by Seneca Foundation [35500/20638/JLI/18]; Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities [11550/PGC2018-094491-B-C33] (MCI/AEI/FEDER, UE) DS Minerva RD 28 abr 2026